Nicola

English

Alternative forms

• Nichola

Etymology

A feminine version of Nicholas, first used in the 20th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɪ.kə.lə/
• (chiefly US, alternative) IPA^(key): /nɪˈkoʊlə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Nicola

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

   Nicola Sturgeon ― (name of a Scottish politician)

   • 1936, Jerrard Tickell, See How They Run, W. Heinemann, page 10:

     "Come in with me, if you like. You can help me to find the child." She fumbled in her bag and found a slip of paper. "Her name is Nicola Anna Magdalene Elisabeth Stephanie Lenke." Peter laughed. "She ought to be easy to find with that lot. What do they call her for short?"

   • 2002, Meg Cabot, Nicola and the Viscount, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 244:

     He had never called her by her full name so many times in a row. Usually it was Nicky, or sometimes Nick. But never Nicola. Her full name sounded very ominous coming now from Nathaniel Sheridan's lips.

Usage notes

Popular in the UK in the 1970s and 1980s; in the US, Nicole was preferred.

Related terms

• pet forms: Nicki, Nicky, Nikki
• Thompson-Nicola

Translations

feminine form of Nicholas

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 妮古拉 (Nīgǔlā)

• Czech: Nikola (cs) f, Nikol f
• Danish: Nielsine, Nikoline
• French: Nicole (fr) f
• German: Nicole (de) f
• Greenlandic: Nikkuliit
• Hungarian: Nikoletta (hu)
• Italian: Nicoletta (it) f
• Spanish: Nicolasa (es) f

Nicole — see Nicole

See also

• Nicola (Okanagan leader) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Licona, alnico, oilcan

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Nicola

1. a female given name of 1960s and later usage, masculine equivalent Nikolaus
2. a male given name from Italian Nicola, of rare usage

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Nicolaus, from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos). Doublet of Niccolò.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niˈkɔ.la/
• Rhymes: -ɔla
• Hyphenation: Ni‧cò‧la

Proper noun

Nicola m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Nicholas

Related terms

• (variants): Niccolò, Nicolò, Niccola, Nicolas
• (female name): Nicoletta

Anagrams

• Alcino, Laconi, alcino, calino, clonai, colina, lancio, lanciò