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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • Bishop of Myra in Asia Minor who is often associated with Santa Claus and the custom of gift giving at Christmas.

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  • proper noun A male given name. Best known for a legendary St. Nicholas, associated with Father Christmas.
  • proper noun A patronymic surname.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a bishop in Asia Minor who is associated with Santa Claus (4th century)

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikolaos), from νίκη (nikē, "victory") + λαός (laos, "people")

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