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Nicola
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English
Alternative forms
en Nichola
Etymology
A feminine version of en Nicholas, first used in the 20th century.
Pronunciation
en /ˈnɪ.kə.lə/
en /nɪˈkoʊlə/ chiefly US,alternative
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Nicola.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en female Ancient Greek.
en Nicola Sturgeon (name of Nicola Sturgeon a Scottish politician)
en 1936 Jerrard Tickell See How They Run W. Heinemann 10 "Come in with me, if you like. You can help me to find the child." She fumbled in her bag and found a slip of paper. "Her name is Nicola Anna Magdalene Elisabeth Stephanie Lenke." Peter laughed. "She ought to be easy to find with that lot. What do they call her for short?"
en 2002 Meg Cabot Nicola and the Viscount 244 HarperCollins 006075320X He had never called her by her full name so many times in a row. Usually it was Nicky, or sometimes Nick. But never Nicola. Her full name sounded very ominous coming now from Nathaniel Sheridan's lips.
Usage notes
Popular in the UK in the 1970s and 1980s; in the US, Nicole was preferred.
Related terms
pet forms: Nicki, Nicky, Nikki
en Thompson-Nicola
Translations
feminine form of Nicholas
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 妮古拉 Nīgǔlā
Czech: cs Nikola f, cs Nikol f
Danish: da Nielsine, da Nikoline
French: fr Nicole f
German: de Nicole f
Greenlandic: kl Nikkuliit
Hungarian: hu Nikoletta
Italian: it Nicoletta f
Spanish: es Nicolasa f
Nicole
See also
Nicola (Okanagan leader)
Anagrams
en acilno Licona alnico oilcan
German
Pronunciation
de /ˈniːkola/ /ˈnɪkola/
de De-Nicola.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
f.gen:s:-[with an article]
de female Nikolaus,Nikolas,Niklas 1960s and later
Alternative forms
de Nikola Nicole
Proper noun
m,s:-[with an article]
de male very rare it:Nicola Nikolaus,Nikolas,Niklas
Italian
Alternative forms
it Nicolò Niccolò (male)
it Nicoletta (female)
Etymology
From it la Nicolaus, from it grc Νικόλαος.
Pronunciation
Nicòla
Proper noun
it proper noun m feminine Nicola
it male Nicholas
it female Nicole
Anagrams
it acilno Alcino Laconi alcino calino clonai colina lancio lanciò
Sicilian
Etymology
Visibly not derived from scn la Nicolaus, because of the stressed syllable; ultimately derived instead from the apocope of scn grc Νικόλαος. Compare en Nicholas, ca Nicolau, pt Nicolau, de Nicolaus, it Niccolò ~ it Nicola (which is a doublet from Southern Italian), es Nicolás.
Pronunciation
scn /niˈkɔ.la/ [nɪˈkɔ.la]
scn ola
scn Ni cò la
Proper noun
scn proper noun m
scn male Ancient Greek Nicholas
Derived terms
scn Santa Nicola Cola Mastrucola Cola-janni Nicò Niculicchiu Niculicchia Culicchia Niculinu
Related terms
scn Niculosi Niculaci