Nikolaos
Proper noun
Meaning
Nikolaos
A transliteration of the Greek male given name Νικόλαος (Nikólaos) used in Greece. The equivalent female name is Nikoleta.
Phrases with the word
Examples
A key ring with the image of Nikolaos of Myra as patron of the sailors.
Notable Thessalonians main Throughout its history, Thessaloniki has been home to a number of well-known figures like Nikolaos Polychronakos.
The "Revolutionary Committee" headed by Colonels Stylianos Gonatas (soon to become Prime Minister) and Nikolaos Plastiras engaged in a witch-hunt against the royalists, culminating in the " Trial of the Six ".
Lake Voulismeni at the coast, at Aghios Nikolaos, was formerly a sweetwater lake but is now connected to the sea, in Lasithi.
The same principle(s) may apply in combination, e.g. Papanikoláou, Papanikolópoulos, "the son of the priest Nikolaos".
They had seven children: *Nikolaos Kanaris, (1818 1848) - a member of a military expeditionary force to Beirut, killed there in 1848.