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Nikolai
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English
+, Alaska
Proper noun
en city s/Alaska.
en ru Николай male given name Nicholas.
en 21 September 2026 Steve Rosenberg Russia's elections had few surprises - but how the Kremlin uses the results will be crucial https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx4gqv239043o BBC News "What other result can there be if there were ten parties on the ballot and they all support the policies of Putin?" Yabloko party chairman Nikolai Rybakov tells me. 21 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260921073016/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx4gqv239043o
Danish
Pronunciation
da [ˈneɡ̊olaɪ̯]
Proper noun
da proper noun
da male Nicolai
Finnish
Etymology
From fi ru Никола́й, akin to fi Nikolaus, fi Niilo and en Nicholas.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi male
Usage notes
Used for czars of Russia. Popular as a middle name of Finns around 1900.
Declension
Nikolai a
Derived terms
fi compounds Nikolainkaupunki
Statistics
dvv_20250813 575 4411 449 9
References
Norwegian
Alternative forms
no Nicolai
Proper noun
no proper noun
no male Nicholas la:Nīcolāī<pos:genitive>