Niña

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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At a glance

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Invention

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Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

La Niña (Spanish for The Girl) was one of the three Spanish ships used by Italian explorer Christopher Columbus in his first voyage to the West Indies in 1492. As was tradition for Spanish ships of the day, she bore a female saint's name, Santa Clara.

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Image: Mike Baird from Morro Bay, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.