Saint Nicholas

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EnglishEdit

Proper nounEdit

Saint Nicholas

1. A 4th-century Greek bishop from Anatolia.
2. (Christianity) The patron saint of children.
3. (Christianity) The patron saint of the marines in the Orthodox tradition.
4. The American, Latin American, and British variant of the European folk myth of Saint Nicholas, explaining the source of Christmas presents given to children on Christmas Day.

SynonymsEdit

• Father Christmas
• Kris Kringle
• Santa Claus
• St Nick

See alsoEdit

• Black Peter, companion of Saint Nicholas.

TranslationsEdit

4th-century Greek bishop, patron of children and marines

• Albanian: Shën Nikolla, Shën Kolli
• Arabic: القِدِّيس نِقُولَا‏‎ m (al-qiddīs niqūlā)
• Armenian: Սուրբ Նիկողայոս (Surb Nikołayos)
• Basque: San Nikolas
• Belarusian: Мікалай Цудатворац m (Mikalaj Cudatvorac)
• Bulgarian: Свети Николай m (Sveti Nikolaj)
• Catalan: Sant Nicolau m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 圣尼古拉, 聖尼古拉 (Shèng Nígǔlā)

• Czech: Svatý Mikuláš m
• Danish: Sankt Nikolaus
• Dutch: Sint-Nicolaas m
• Esperanto: Sankta Nikolao
• Estonian: Püha Nikolaus, Püha Nikolai
• Finnish: Pyhä Nikolaus
• French: saint Nicolas m
• Galician: San Nicolau m
• Georgian: წმიდა ნიკოლოზ (c̣mida niḳoloz)
• German: der heilige Nikolaus m, Sankt Nikolaus, St. Nikolaus
• Greek: Άγιος Νικόλαος (el) m (Ágios Nikólaos)
• Hebrew: ניקולאוס הקדוש‏‎ m (nikulaus ha-kidush)
• Hungarian: Szent Miklós
• Irish: Naomh Nioclás m
• Italian: San Niccolò m
• Japanese: 聖ニコラオ (Sei Nikorao)

• Korean: 성 니콜라우스 (seong nikollauseu)
• Latin: Sanctus Nicolaus m
• Latvian: Svētais Nikolajs m
• Lithuanian: Šventasis Mikalojus m
• Macedonian: Свети Никола m (Svéti Níkola)
• Maltese: San Nikola m
• Manx: Noo Niglus m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Sankt Nikolas m

  Nynorsk: den heilage Nikolas m

• Polish: Święty Mikołaj (pl) m
• Portuguese: São Nicolau (pt) m
• Romanian: Sfântul Nicolae m
• Russian: Свято́й Никола́й m (Svjatój Nikoláj), Никола́й Чудотво́рец m (Nikoláj Čudotvórec)
• Scottish Gaelic: Naomh Nicol m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Свети Никола m

  Roman: Sveti Nikola m

• Slovak: Svätý Mikuláš m
• Slovene: Sveti Nikolaj m
• Spanish: San Nicolás (es) m
• Swedish: Sankt Nikolaus
• Ukrainian: Микола́ Чудотворець m (Mykolá Čudotvorecʹ)
• Welsh: Sant Nicolas m

Santa Claus — see Santa Claus