Santa Claus

English

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A Japanese depiction of Santa Claus circa 1914.

Etymology

From the Dutch folk tale of Sinterklaas based on the historical figure Saint Nicholas, a bishop from Myra in Asia Minor.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsæn.təˌklɔːz/
• (US) IPA: /ˈsæn.təˌklɑz/, /ˈsæn.təˌklɔz/

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Proper noun

Santa Claus

1. A mythological figure who traditionally is believed to bring presents to people (especially children) at Christmas time.

Synonyms

• Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Santa

Translations

A modern mythological figure

• Albanian: Baba Dimri (sq)
• Arabic: بابا نويل (ar) (bābā nuyīl) m
• Armenian: Ձմեռ Պապ (hy) (Jmeṙ Pap), Կաղանդ Պապ (hy) (Kaġand Pap)
• Azeri: Santa Klaus (az), Şaxta baba (az)
• Bashkir: Ҡыш бабай (Qïš babay)
• Belarusian: Дзед Мароз (be) (Dzed Maróz) m (Slavic style), Санта-Клаус (be) (Sánta-Kláus) m (Western style)
• Bulgarian: Дядо Мраз (bg) (Djádo Mraz) m
• Catalan: Pare Noel (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᏗᎭᏄᎧᎯ (chr) (Dihanukahi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聖誕老人 (cmn), 圣诞老人 (cmn) (Shèngdàn laǒrén)

• Czech: Santa Claus m, Ježíšek m
• Danish: julemanden, sankt Nikolaus
• Dutch: Kerstman m (Christmas), Sinterklaas m (5-6 December), Sint-Nicolaas m (5-6 December)
• Esperanto: Avo Frosto (eo) (Father Frost) (Christmas), Sankta Nikolao (eo) (Saint Nicholas) (6 December)
• Estonian: jõuluvana (et)
• Faroese: jólamaður (fo) m
• Finnish: joulupukki (fi)
• French: Saint Nicolas (fr) m (6 December), Père Noël (fr) m (Christmas)
• Georgian: თოვლის ბაბუა (ka) (t'ovlis babua), თოვლის პაპა (ka) (t'ovlis p'ap'a) m
• German: Sankt Nikolaus (de) m, Weihnachtsmann (de) m, Christkind (de) n (Austria), Samichlaus (de) m (Switzerland)
• Greek: Άγιος Βασίλης (el) (Áyios Vasílis)
• Hawaiian: Kanakaloka
• Hebrew: סנטה קלאוס (he)
• Hindi: सांता क्लॉस (hi) (sāntā klŏs) m
• Hungarian: Mikulás (hu)
• Icelandic: jólasveinninn (is) m
• Ido: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: Daidí na Nollag (ga), San Nioclás (ga)

• Italian: Babbo Natale (it) m
• Japanese: サンタクロース (ja) (Santakurōsu)
• Jèrriais: Papa Noué m
• Korean: 산타 클로스 (ko) (Santa Keulloseu)
• Luxembourgish: Kleeschen (lb) m
• Macedonian: Дедо Мраз (mk) (Dédo Mraz) m
• Maltese: Santa Klaws
• Manx: Noo Niglus (gv) m
• Norwegian: julenissen
• Persian: بابا نوئل (fa) (Bâbâ No'el)
• Polish: Święty Mikołaj (pl)
• Portuguese: Pai Natal m, Papai Noel m (Brazil)
• Romanian: Moș Crăciun (ro) m
• Russian: Дед Мороз (ru) (Ded Moróz) m (Slavic style), Санта-Клаус (ru) (Sánta-Kláus) m (Western style)
• Scots: Faither Yuil, Santae Claus
• Scottish Gaelic: Bodach na Nollaige (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Деда Мраз (sh) m

  Roman: Deda Mraz (sh) m

• Slovak: Mikuláš (sk) m
• Slovene: Božiček (sl) m
• Spanish: Papá Noel (Spain), Viejito Pascuero (Chile)
• Swedish: jultomten, julgubben (Finland)
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: ซานตาคลอส (th) (saan-dtàak-lôt)
• Turkish: Noel Baba (tr)
• Ukrainian: Дід Мороз (uk) (Did Moróz) m (Slavic style), Санта-Клаус (uk) (Sánta-Kláus) m (Western style)
• Uzbek: Santa Klaus (uz), Avliyo Nikolas (uz)
• Vietnamese: ông già Nô en (vi), ông già Santa (vi), ông già Noel (vi)
• Volapük: Fatül Kritid (vo)
• Welsh: Siôn Corn

See also

• Father Frost
• Jesus
• Mrs. Claus

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Catalan

Proper noun

Santa Claus m

1. Santa Claus

Synonyms

• Pare Nadal
• Pare Noel