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Nicholas
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English
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Alternative forms
en Nicolas
en Nickolas Nikolas usually of non-English origin
Etymology
From en enm Nicholas, from en fro Nicholas, from en la Nīcolāus, from en grc Νικόλαος, from grc νίκη victory λαός people 1.
Pronunciation
en /ˈnɪk.ə.ləs/ /ˈnɪk.ləs/
en en-uk-Nicholas.ogg UK
en ɪkələs ɪkləs 3 2
en knickerless non-rhotic
Proper noun
~ es
en male Ancient Greek particularly en historical Nicholas of Myra St Nicholas.
II i Sirrah, if they meet not with Saint Nicholas’ clerks, I'll give thee this neck.
III V LIII 182 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?
en Dave Davies Has Tucker Carlson created the most racist show in the history of cable news? w:NPR https://www.npr.org/2022/05/12/1098488908/has-tucker-carlson-created-the-most-racist-show-in-the-history-of-cable-news 2022-05-12 Dave Davies Our guest, New York Times reporter Nicholas Confessore, recently wrote a series of articles about Carlson drawing on an analysis of more than 1,100 episodes of his show, "Tucker Carlson Tonight," conducted by Confessore and a team of Times reporters as well as interviews with dozens of current and former Fox executives, producers and journalists. https://web.archive.org/web/20230628114636/https://www.npr.org/2022/05/12/1098488908/has-tucker-carlson-created-the-most-racist-show-in-the-history-of-cable-news
en patronymics.
en ucomm co/Fluvanna County s/Virginia c/USA.
en settlement on isl/Saint Croix terr/United States Virgin Islands.
Derived terms
en Nicholine Combe St Nicholas Deeping St Nicholas Nicholas County Nicholasville St Nicholas St Nicholas and Bonvilston St Nicholas at Wade St Nicholas Hurst Sydling St Nicholas
Related terms
en Santa Claus
en male given names Colin Claus Klaus Nichol Nicol
en pet forms Cole Nick Nicko Nicky Nico Kolya
en female given names Colette Nicola Nicole Nicki Nikki
en surnames Coales Cole Coles Colin Coll Collard Colle Collen Collet Collett Collin Colling Collinge Collings Collins Collinson Collis Collison Colls Collyns Colson Coules Coulson Cowles Cowling Nichol Nicholds Nicholl Nicholls Nichols Nicholson Nickalls Nickel Nickell Nickells Nickels Nickerson Nickisson Nickle Nickless Nicklin Nickolds Nickolls Nickols Nicks Nickson Nicol Nicolas Nicoll Nicolls Nicolson Nix Nixon Nixson
Translations
male given name
Albanian: sq Nikolla, sq Nishi, sq Kollë
Arabic: ar نِقُولَا transliteration, ar نِيقُولَا m, ar نِيقُولَاوُس m
Armenian: hy Նիկողայոս, hy Նիկողոս, hy Նիկոլ
Basque: eu Nikolas
Belarusian: be Мікала́й m
Breton: br Nikolaz
Bulgarian: bg Никола, bg Николай
Catalan: ca Nicolau, ca Micolau
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 尼古拉斯 Nígǔlāsī transliteration, cmn 尼各老 Nígèlǎo Catholic
Chuvash: cv Микулай
Czech: cs Mikuláš m, cs Mikoláš, cs Nikola m
Danish: da Niels, da Niklas
Dutch: nl Nicolaas
Esperanto: eo Nikolao
Faroese: fo Niklas m
Finnish: fi Niilo, fi Niko
French: fr Nicolas
Middle French: frm Nicolas
Old French: fro Nicholas
Friulian: fur Niculau
Galician: gl Nicolau
Georgian: ka ნიკოლოზ
German: de Nikolaus, de Klaus
Greek: el Νικόλαος, el Νικόλας
Greenlandic: kl Nikkulaat, kl Niisi
Hindi: hi निकोलस m
Hungarian: hu Miklós
Icelandic: is Nikulás
Irish: ga Nioclás
Italian: it Nicola, it Niccolò
Japanese: transliteration ja ニコラス Nikorasu
Kazakh: kk Нықола biblical
Korean: ko ^니콜라스
Ladin: lld Nuclò
Latin: la Nīcolāus m
Latvian: lv Nikolajs
Lithuanian: lt Mikalojus, lt Mikas
Low German: nds Nickel, nds Klaas
Luxembourgish: lb Nicolas
Macedonian: mk Ни́кола
Maltese: mt Nikola m
Mansi:
Northern Mansi: mns-nor Микол
Māori: mi Nīkora
Middle English: enm Nicholas
Norwegian: no Nils
Bokmål: nb Nikolai
Occitan: oc Micolau m, oc Colau m
Persian: fa نیکولاس nikolâs
Polish: pl Mikołaj m
Portuguese: pt Nicolau
Romanian: ro Nicolae
Russian: ru Никола́й m cognate, ru Николас m transliteration
Sami:
Northern Sami: se Niillas
Scottish Gaelic: gd Nicol, gd Neacail
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Нѝкола m, sh Ни́ко m
Latin: sh Nìkola m, sh Níko m
Sicilian: scn Nicola m, scn Nicò m, scn Cola m
Slovak: sk Mikuláš m
Slovene: sl Miklavž Mikávž m, sl Nikoláj m
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: hsb Mikławš m
Spanish: es Nicolás
Swahili: sw Nikolau
Swedish: sv Nils, sv Nikolaus, sv Niklas, sv Klas
Thai: th นิโคลัส níkohlát
Ukrainian: uk Мико́ла, uk Мико́лай old style
Venetan: vec Nicołò
Vietnamese: vi Nicôla
Walloon: wa Nicolai
Yakut: sah Ньукулай
Anagrams
en achilnos halocins lichanos
Middle English
Alternative forms
enm Nicolas Nicholaus
Etymology
From enm fro Nicholas, from enm la Nīcolāus, from enm grc Νικόλαος.
Pronunciation
enm /ˈnikɔlas/ /ˈnikɔlau̯s/
Proper noun
enm male associated with Saint Nicholas of Myra.
Descendants
en Nicholas
sco Nicholas
yol Niclase
References
Nicholas n MED29480 2018-05-30
Old French
Alternative forms
fro Nicolas
Etymology
From fro la Nīcolāus, from fro grc Νικόλαος.
Proper noun
fro male
Descendants
enm Nicholas