The story behind Nicolau
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Nicolao, learned borrowing from Latin Nīcolāum, from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos).
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Catalan entry
Borrowed from Latin Nīcolāus, from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos).
Pronunciation
Portuguese; Brazil: /ni.koˈlaw/
Regional pronunciation variants
- Portuguese; Brazil: [ni.koˈlaʊ̯]
- Portuguese; Portugal: /ni.kuˈlaw/
- Catalan; Central; Northern: [ni.kuˈlaw]
- Catalan; Balearic; Northwestern; Valencia: [ni.koˈlaw]
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- Gender
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- Ending
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- same syllable count
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Middle Names for Nicolau
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a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Aaron
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
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- balanced syllable contrast
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- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
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- balanced syllable contrast
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- Syllables
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- Ending
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- Gender
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- Syllables
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- Gender
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- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length