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Saint Nicholas
- (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.
- 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
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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
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