Saint Nicholas

English Alternative forms en St Nicholas St. Nicholas Etymology en grc Ἅγιος Νικόλαος. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Saint Nicholas.wav Southern England Proper noun Saint Nicholas en Christianity A 4th-century Greek bishop from Myra, Anatolia, patron saint of children, mariners and the unwed among others, functioning in multiple countries as a gift-giving figure around his feast day of December 6. Santa Claus; a figure derived from traditions surrounding the historical Saint Nicholas who is said to bring Christmas presents to children on Christmas Day. en Father Christmas Kris Kringle Santa Claus Saint Nick en Good Friday La maison de mon rêve Cocorosie 2004 No more passion play / On St. Nicholas avenue / I believe in St. Nicholas / It's a different type of Santa Claus Derived terms en Saint Nick<qq:informal> St Nicholas<qq:placename> Related terms en Santa Claus Sinterklaas Translations 4th-century Greek bishop, patron of children and mariners Albanian: sq Shën Nikolla, sq Shën Kolli Arabic: ar القِدِّيس نِقُولَا m Armenian: hy Սուրբ Նիկողայոս Basque: eu San Nikolas Belarusian: be Мікалай Цудатворац m Bulgarian: bg Свети Николай m Catalan: ca Sant Nicolau m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 聖尼古拉 Shèng Nígǔlā Czech: cs Svatý Mikuláš m Danish: da Sankt Nikolaus Dutch: nl Sint-Nicolaas m Esperanto: eo Sankta Nikolao Estonian: et Püha Nikolaus, et Püha Nikolai Finnish: fi Pyhä Nikolaus French: fr saint Nicolas m Galician: gl San Nicolau m Georgian: ka წმიდა ნიკოლოზ German: de der heilige Nikolaus m, de Sankt Nikolaus, de St. Nikolaus Greek: el Άγιος Νικόλαος m Hebrew: he ניקולאוס הקדוש m nikulaus ha-kidush Hungarian: hu Szent Miklós Icelandic: is Heilagur Nikolas m Irish: ga Naomh Nioclás m, ga San Nioclás m Italian: it San Niccolò m Japanese: ja 聖ニコラオ Sei Nikorao Korean: ko 성 니콜라우스 Latin: la Sanctus Nicolaus m Latvian: lv Svētais Nikolajs m Lithuanian: lt Šventasis Mikalojus m Macedonian: mk Свети Никола m Maltese: mt San Nikola m Manx: gv Noo Niglus m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Sankt Nikolas m Nynorsk: nn den heilage Nikolas m Polish: pl Święty Mikołaj m Portuguese: pt São Nicolau m Romanian: ro Sfântul Nicolae m Russian: ru Свято́й Никола́й m, ru Никола́й Чудотво́рец m Scottish Gaelic: gd Naomh Nicol m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Свети Никола m Latin: sh Sveti Nikola m Sicilian: scn Santa Nicola m Slovak: sk Svätý Mikuláš m Slovene: sl Sveti Nikolaj m Spanish: es San Nicolás m Swedish: sv Sankt Nikolaus Tamil: ta புனித நிக்கலஸ் Ukrainian: uk Мико́ла Чудотво́рець m, uk Святи́й Микола́й m Welsh: cy Sant Nicolas m Santa Claus See also en Black Peter companion of Saint Nicholas Further reading en Christmas Individuals Sinterklaas