Nicholas

Alternative forms

 * Nicolas
 * rare, nonstandard: Nickolas, Nikolas

Etymology
From Νικόλαος: from νικάω: + λαός:

Proper noun
(plural Nicholases)


 * 1) . Best known for a legendary St. Nicholas, associated with Father Christmas.
 * : Act II, Scene I:
 * Sirrah, if they meet not with Saint Nicholas' clerks, I'll give thee this neck.
 * 1) * 1872 George Eliot, Middlemarch, Chapter 53:
 * I must call you Nick - we always did call you young Nick when we knew you meant to marry the old widow. Some said you had a handsome family likeness to old Nick, but that was your mother's fault, calling you Nicholas. Aren't you glad to see me again?

Related terms

 * variants:Colin, Claus, Klaus
 * pet forms:Nick, Nicky, Nico
 * medieval forms: Nicol, Nichol
 * feminine forms: Nicola, Nicole, Nicki, Nikki
 * Santa Claus

Translations

 * Albanian: Nikolla or Nishi
 * Arabic: Nicola or نقولا.
 * Armenian: Նիկողայոս (Nikoġayos), Նիկողոս (Nikoġos)
 * Basque:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: Nicolau, Micolau
 * Chinese: 尼克拉 (Níkèlā) (transliteration)
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech: Mikuláš, Mikoláš, Nikola
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: Nicolau
 * Georgian: ნიკოლოზ (Nikoloz)
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: Níoclas, Cóilín, Nicolás
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ニコラス (Nikorasu) (transliteration)
 * Korean: 니콜라스 (Nikolaseu)


 * Latin: Nicolaus
 * Latvian: Nikolajs
 * Lithuanian: Mikalojus, Mikas
 * Low Saxon: Nickel, Klaas
 * Luxembourgish: Nicolas
 * Macedonian:
 * Northern Sami:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: Nicolau
 * Romanian: Nicolae
 * Russian: (Nikolái) (cognate),  (Níkolas) (transliteration)
 * Scottish: Nicol
 * Scottish Gaelic: Neacail
 * Serbian:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: Miklavž, Nikolaj
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai: นิโคลัส
 * Ukrainian: Микола (Mykola); old style: Миколай (Mykolai)

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