Saint Nicholas

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Saint Nicholas

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Alternative forms

• St Nicholas, St. Nicholas

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Proper noun

Saint Nicholas

1. (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.
2. Santa Claus; a figure derived from traditions surrounding the historical Saint Nicholas who is said to bring Christmas presents to children on Christmas Day.

   Synonyms: Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Santa Claus, Saint Nick

   • 2004, “Good Friday”, in La maison de mon rêve, performed by Cocorosie:

     No more passion play / On St. Nicholas avenue / I believe in St. Nicholas / It's a different type of Santa Claus

Derived terms

• Saint Nick (informal)
• St Nicholas (placename)

Related terms

• Santa Claus
• Sinterklaas

Translations

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

Albanian: Shën Nikolla, Shën Kolli Arabic: القِدِّيس نِقُولَا m (al-qiddīs niqūlā) Armenian: Սուրբ Նիկողայոս (Surb Nikoġayos) Basque: San Nikolas Belarusian: Мікалай Цудатворац m (Mikalaj Cudatvórac) Bulgarian: Свети Николай m (Sveti Nikolaj) Catalan: Sant Nicolau m Chinese: Mandarin: 聖尼古拉 / 圣尼古拉 (Shèng Nígǔlā) Czech: Svatý Mikuláš m Danish: Sankt Nikolaus Dutch: Sint-Nicolaas (nl) 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 Icelandic: Heilagur Nikolas m Irish: Naomh Nioclás m, San 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 (Sveti Nikola) 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 Sicilian: Santa Nicola m Slovak: Svätý Mikuláš m Slovene: Sveti Nikolaj m Spanish: San Nicolás (es) m Swedish: Sankt Nikolaus Tamil: புனித நிக்கலஸ் (puṉita nikkalas) Ukrainian: Мико́ла Чудотво́рець m (Mykóla Čudotvórecʹ), Святи́й Микола́й m (Svjatýj Mykoláj) Welsh: Sant Nicolas m

Santa Claus — see Santa Claus

See also

• Black Peter (“companion of Saint Nicholas”)

Further reading

• “Saint Nicholas”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Saint Nicholas”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “Saint Nicholas”, in Collins English Dictionary.