Nikolaos
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Nikolaos is a common Greek first name which some believe means " victory of the people", Nikolaos means "victorious over the people" . Composed from Niko (stemming from the Greek word "Niki" for victory a female Greek first name) and Laos (the Greek word for people). In addition, Laos originates from the greek root "-las", as found in word "λα-τομείο" meaning stone. (In Greek mythology Deucalion and Pyrrha re-created the people after they had vanished in a catastrophic deluge, by throwing stones over their shoulders while they kept marching on). The name of these stones was -"las". In the Greek language when one wants to denote that they have conquered one says " Niko ". When "Niko" and "Laos" are placed alongside each other one arrives at Nikolaos which means " victorious over the people ". The connotation is national winner. Some would even go as far as to say that it means " conqueror of people ". " Nikos " is defined as "a conquest; victory; triumph; the conquered; and by implication, dominancy over the defeated." Another transferred name in which this term is used is "Nicopolis," which is composed of Niko, which means conquest and polis, which means city. Hence, the city of conquest, or city of victory.
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People with first name Nikolaos
In sports:- Nikolaos AndriakopoulosNikolaos AndriakopoulosNikolaos Andriakopoulos was a Greek gymnast. He was a member of Panachaikos Gymnastikos Syllogos, that merged in 1923 with Gymnastiki Etaireia Patron to become Panachaiki Gymnastiki Enosi.-Olympics performances:...
, Greek gymnast - Nikolaos Dorakis, Greek shooter
- Nikolaos GeorgantasNikolaos GeorgantasNikolaos Georgantas /March 12, 1880 – November 23, 1958) was a Greek athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw.He was born in Steno, Arcadia.He competed for a Greece in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St...
(1880-1958), Greek athlete - Nikolaos GeorgeasNikolaos GeorgeasNikolaos "Nikos" Georgeas is a Greek footballer. He currently plays as a right back for AEK Athens in the Greek Super League.-Club career:...
, Greek football player currently playing for AEK Athens FC - Nikolaos KaklamanakisNikolaos KaklamanakisNikolaos "Nikos" Kaklamanakis is the Greek Gold-medal winner who lit the Olympic torch in the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens....
, Greek gold-medal winner who lit the Olympic torch in the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics - Nikolaos LevidisNikolaos LevidisNikolaos Levidis , born August 25, 1868, date of death unknown) was a Greek shooter in the 1896 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was born in Corfu.Levidis competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens in the free rifle event...
, Greek shooter - Nikolaos LyberopoulosNikolaos LyberopoulosNikolaos "Nikos" Liberopoulos is a well known Greek international football player currently playing as a centre forward for AEK and Greek national football team in the Greek Super League. He is famous for his aim-to-goal shot, his innate in-play instincts, and his technical attacking skills...
(b. 1975), Greek football player - Nikolaos MichopoulosNikolaos MichopoulosNikolaos "Nick" Michopoulos was a Greek professional football player. During his career he played for PAOK Salonika and Burnley, as well as a short loan spell at Crystal Palace and short period to Omonia Nicosia...
, Greek professional football player - Nick EfthimiouNick EfthimiouNicholas "Nixo" Efthimiou is a retired South African-Greek—American football player who played professional soccer for 10 years,seven years with the Dallas Sidekicks.Efthimiou was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and moved to Athens, Greece when he was 10 years old...
, Greek professional soccer/football (1990-2000) 2 champioships in 1993,"98 indoor player - Nikolaos MorakisNikolaos MorakisNikolaos Morakis Morakis competed in the military pistol event. He scored 205 points, finishing in third behind the American brothers John and Sumner Paine....
, Greek shooter - Nikolaos SiranidisNikolaos SiranidisNikolaos Siranidis is a Greek diver who competed in the synchronised 3 metre springboard competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics. After a bizarre event where the Chinese, Russian and American teams failed, Siranidis won the gold medal together with Thomas Bimis...
, Greek diver who competed in the synchronised 3 metre springboard competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Nikolaos Tsiantakis (b. 1963), retired Greek football midfielder
- Nicolaos Trikupis, Greek shooter
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- Prince Nikolaos of Greece and DenmarkPrince Nikolaos of Greece and DenmarkPrince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark is the second son and third child of King Constantine II of Greece and Anne-Marie of Denmark, the youngest daughter of King Frederick IX of Denmark and sister of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark....
(b. 1969) - Nikolaos Chalikiopoulos Mantzaros (1795-1872), Greek composer
- Nikolaos Damaskenos, Syrian historian and philosopher in the Augustan age of the Roman Empire
- Nikolaos DouvasNikolaos DouvasNikolaos Douvas served as the Chief of Staff of the Hellenic Army. General Douvas was honourably discharged from the Hellenic Army on March 1, 2006...
, (b. 1947), former Chief of Staff of the Hellenic Army - Nikolaos Kavadias (1910–1975), Greek poet and writer
- Nikolaos MakarezosNikolaos MakarezosNikolaos Makarezos was a Greek Army officer and one of the masterminds of the Greek military junta of 1967-1974.- Early life and career :He was born in 1919 in the village of Gravia, in the prefecture of Phocis...
(1919-2009), Greek army general - Nikolaos MantzarosNikolaos MantzarosNikolaos Halikiopoulos Mantzaros was a Greek composer born in Corfu and the major representative of the so called Ionian School of music...
(1795-1872), Greek composer - Nikolaos Mavrogenis (d. 1790), Phanariote Prince of Wallachia
- Nikolaos PlastirasNikolaos PlastirasNikolaos Plastiras was a Greek general and politician, who served thrice as Prime Minister of Greece. A distinguished soldier and known for his personal bravery, he was known as "O Mavros Kavalaris" during the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922...
(1883-1953), General of the Greek army - Nikolaos SifounakisNikolaos SifounakisNikolaos Sifounakis is a Greek politician, former Minister for the Aegean and ex-member of the European Parliament. He was elected on the Panhellenic Socialist Movement ticket and sat with the Party of European Socialists group...
, (b. 1949), Greek politician - Nikolaos SkalkottasNikolaos SkalkottasNikos Skalkottas was one of the most important Greek composers of 20th-century music. A member of the Second Viennese School, he drew his influences from both the classical repertoire and the Greek tradition....
(1904–1949), Greek composer - Nikolaos SkoufasNikolaos SkoufasNikolaos Skoufas - member of the Filiki Eteria , a Greek conspiratorial organization against the Ottoman Empire....
(1779-1818), member of Filiki Eteria - Nikolaos TrikoupisNikolaos TrikoupisNikolaos Trikoupis was a Greek general and politician.Born in Mesolongi in 1869 to Themistoklis Trikoupis, he entered the Greek Army Academy, which he graduated in 1888 as an Artillery Second Lieutenant. He furthered his studies in France, where he remained from 1889 to 1895. He competed at the...
, Major General with the Greek Army during the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922 - Nikolaos Xydias TypaldosNikolaos Xydias TypaldosNikolaos Xydias Typaldos was a Greek painter. Born in Cefallonia, he studied in Italy and in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts; he lived in France until returning to Greece in the 1890s; he died in Athens. He remained an academic artist throughout most of his career.-External links:*...
(1826-1909), Greek painter - Nikolaos ZachariadisNikolaos ZachariadisNikolaos Zachariadis was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece from 1931 to 1956.-Early life:Born in Adrianopole in 1903, the son of an employee of the Ottoman tobacco monopoly. He worked as a seaman on the Black Sea, where he came under the influence of the Bolshevik Revolution...
(1903-1973), General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece - Nikolaos OikonomidesNikolaos OikonomidesNikolaos or Nikos Oikonomides was a Greek-Canadian Byzantinist, and one of the leading experts in the field of Byzantine administration.- Biography :Oikonomides was born in Athens....
(1934-2000), notable Greek Byzantinist
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- Nikolaos is the Master Vampire of the City of St. Louis in Laurell K. HamiltonLaurell K. HamiltonLaurell Kaye Hamilton is an American fantasy and romance writer. She is the author of two series of stories. Hamilton is known for her New York Times-bestselling Anita Blake series, featuring a professional zombie raiser/supernatural consultant for the police as the protagonist in a world where...
's novel Guilty Pleasures.
See also
- NikosNikosNikos is a common given name in Greece and Cyprus. It originates from Greek Nikolaos, which means "victory of the people". Although used as a proper first name, Nikos is also a popular nickname of the original Nikolaos or Nicholas .-Famous people named Nikos:*Nikos Alefantos, Greek football...
, the diminutive form of the name - NikolNikolNikol is a surname, and may refer to* Jenna Nikol, alias of the American model Kayden Kross* Ronny Nikol, German football player- See also :* Nicol* Nikola* Nikolaos* Nikos* Nichol* Nicols* Nicoll* Nichol* Nicholl* Nicolle* Nicola...
- NicholasNicholasNicholas or Nikolas is a male given name, derived from the Greek name Νικόλαος , a combination of the words for "victory" and "people" . The name can be understood to mean victory of the people or "power of the people"...
for use of the name in English - Agios Nikolaos, various places in Greece and Cyprus