Santa Claus

Etymology
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Proper noun

 * 1)  A figure said to bring presents to people (especially children) at Christmas time.
 * 2) * 1773 December 26, New York Gazette, p. 3:
 * Last Monday the Anniversary of St. Nicholas, otherwise called St. A Claus, was celebrated at Protestant-Hall.
 * 1) * 1808 January 25, Salmagundi, p. 407:
 * The noted St. Nicholas, vulgarly called Santaclaus—of all the saints in the kalendar the most venerated by true hollanders, and their unsophisticated descendants.
 * 1) * 1828 November,, letter to his mother from Italy:
 * Here, too, the winter festivals are just commencing; and the toy-shops are full of dolls and gew-gaws for the Bifana, who acts here the same comedy for children that Santiclaus does in America.
 * 1) * 1937 August, Lawrence Martin, "The Odyssey of a Bogeyman", Esquire, Vol. 8, No. 2, p. 39:
 * This is one of the developments failed to predict. Had he foreseen it he might have expired in guffaws, rolling in the aisle of the British Museum Library amid the notes for ', that bearded Santa Claus''' of the revolution who slipped the unwanted gift of communism down the world's chimneys.
 * 1)  A generous source of free gifts or benefits.
 * 2) . Original name:.
 * 1)  A generous source of free gifts or benefits.
 * 2) . Original name:.
 * 1) . Original name:.
 * 1) . Original name:.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: Vader Kersfees, Kersvader
 * Albanian:
 * Amharic: የገና አባት
 * Arabic: بَابَا نُوِيل
 * Armenian: Ձմեռ Պապ, Կաղանդ Պապ
 * Azerbaijani: Santa Klaus, Şaxta baba , Ayaz Ata
 * Bashkir: Ҡыш бабай
 * Belarusian: Дзед Маро́з, Са́нта-Кла́ус
 * Breton: Tad Kozh an Nedeleg, Tad Kozh ar Pellgent
 * Bulgarian: Дя́до Мраз, Дя́до Коледа
 * Burmese: ဆန်တာကလော့စ်
 * Catalan: Pare Noel
 * Cherokee: ᏗᎭᏄᎧᎯ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 聖誕老人
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Cornish: Tas Nadelik
 * Czech: Santa Claus,
 * Danish: julemanden, sankt Nikolaus
 * Dutch: Christmas,  5-6 December,  5-6 December
 * Esperanto: Father Frost, Christmas, Sankta Nikolao (Saint Nicholas) 6 December, Kristnaska Viro
 * Estonian: Jõuluvana
 * Faroese: jólamaður
 * Finnish:
 * French:, Papa Noël Father Christmas, Saint Nicolas 6 December
 * Galician: Papá Noel
 * Georgian:, თოვლის პაპა, სანტა კლაუსი
 * German: Christmas,  Christmas; different figure with same role,  6 December, Samichlaus
 * Greek:
 * Greenlandic: juulimaaq
 * Haitian Creole: Tonton Nwèl
 * Hawaiian: Kanakaloka
 * Hebrew: סנטה קלאוס
 * Hindi: सांता क्लॉस, सांता क्लॉज़
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: jólasveinninn
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: Sinterklas
 * Irish: Daidí na Nollag, San Nioclás, Saintí
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: Аяз ата, Санта-Клаус
 * Khmer: តាណូអែល
 * Korean: ^산타 ^클로스
 * Lao: ຊານຕາ ຄລອດສ
 * Latin: pater natālis, Sānctus Nīcholāus
 * Latvian: Ziemassvētku vecītis
 * Lithuanian: kalėdų senelis
 * Luxembourgish: Kleeschen
 * Macedonian: Дедо Мраз
 * Maltese: Santa Klaws
 * Manx: Noo Niglus
 * Maori: Hana Kōkō
 * Mari:
 * Eastern Mari: Йӱштӧ Кугыза, Йӱштӧ кугыза
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: Санта Клаус, Өвлийн өвгөн
 * Navajo: Késhmish Hastiin
 * Norman: Papa Noué
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: julenisse
 * Ottoman Turkish: نوئل بابا, نوئل پدر, پدر نوئل
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian: بابا نوئِل,
 * Plautdietsch: Wienachtsmaun
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sami:
 * Skolt Sami: rosttovkääʹlles
 * Scots: Faither Yuil, Santae Claus
 * Scottish Gaelic: Bodach na Nollaige, Daidaín na Nollaig
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Деда Мраз
 * Roman: Deda Mraz
 * Sinhala: නත්තල් සීය
 * Slovak: Mikuláš
 * Slovene: Božiček
 * Spanish:,  ,  ,
 * Swedish:, julgubben ,
 * Tagalog: Santa-Klaus
 * Tajik: Бобои Барфӣ
 * Tamil: நத்தார் தாத்தா, கிறித்துமசு தாத்தா, சாண்டா குலோஸ்
 * Thai: ซานตาคลอส, ซานตา
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: Святи́й Микола́й, Дід Моро́з, Са́нта-Кла́ус
 * Urdu: سانْتا کِلاز, سانْتا کْلاز
 * Uzbek: Santa Klaus, Avliyo Nikolas, Qorbobo
 * Vietnamese: ông già Nô en, ông già Santa, ông già Noel
 * Volapük: Fatül Kritid
 * Welsh: Siôn Corn, Santa Clos
 * Zealandic: Sinterklaos