Saint Nicholas

English

Proper noun

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. 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, St 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

See also

• Black Peter (“companion of Saint Nicholas”)

Translations

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 Nikoġayos)
• Basque: San Nikolas
• Belarusian: Мікалай Цудатворац m (Mikalaj Cudatvórac)
• Bulgarian: Свети Николай m (Sveti Nikolaj)
• Catalan: Sant Nicolau m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 圣尼古拉, 聖尼古拉／圣尼古拉 (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, San Nioclás m
• Italian: San Niccolò m
• Japanese: 聖ニコラオ (Sei Nikorao)
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• 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

• 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