nicholas
IPA: nˈɪkʌɫʌs
Root Word: Nicholas
noun
- A male given name from Ancient Greek. Best known for St. Nicholas of Myre, on whom Father Christmas is based.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- An unincorporated community in Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States.
- A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.
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Examples of "nicholas" in Sentences
- Was the execution of Nicholas II a regicide
- She is the daughter of the economist Nicholas Kaldor.
- Nicholas Noyes was also known for his doggerel verse.
- In 1401 is Hazlov bough by the Nicholas Jur from Cheb.
- He and Nicholas visit the condemned woman in the dungeons.
- The herbalist Nicholas Culpepper lived in the village in the 1600s.
- Nicholas Patrick Canny an Irish historian and academic was born in 1944.
- A tale and encomium for St Nicholas the Wonderworker is ascribed to Ephraim.
- Pressley was the member of the gang that dug the shallow grave for Nicholas.
- The painkiller Aspro was invented by the chemist George Nicholas in Windsor.
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