Meaning of Nigulas | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a surname
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Nicholas
   dated, rare
3. St. Nicholas
   archaic

Examples

“NIGULAS, Artur-Johannes, Hendrik. s. 1891 Tartu, arr. 09.12.44 […] NIGULAS, Endel, Anton. s. 1922 Harjumaa Anija v.[…]”

Political Arrests in Estonia: 1940-1988

“August Nigulas asus ilmselt teisel pool piiri. Tegu oli enamlaste partei liikmega aastast 1917. Järgmisel aastal tegutses Nigulas Tartus põranda all[…]”

August Nigulas was probably on the other side of the border. He was a member of the Bolsheviks from 1917. The following year, Nigulas operated underground in Tartu […]

“18291. Nigulas Liisbet, 1903, R5, ✝ 18292. Nigulas Rein, 1938, R5 18293. Nigulas Vaike, 1935, R5, ✝”

Name list of persons deported from Estonia 1945-1953

“Mahu vallas Toomiku külas asus väike Lokotari talu. Seal elasid Õilme Lutsiku õde Aino ja ta mees Nigulas koos kolme tütrega.”

The small Lokotar farmstead was located in Toomiku village in Mahu parish. Õilme Lutsik's sister Aino and her husband Nigulas lived there with their three daughters.

“10. augustil ütlesid taluomaniku Nigulas Tanki kaks täisealist poega, et nad lähevad metsa varjule, sest punased tõivad^([sic]) talust läbi tulla ja nad mõrvata.”

On August 10th, the two grown-up sons of the farm owner Nigulas Tank said that they were going to hide in the forest because the Red Army could to drop by at the farm and murder them.

“Nigulas ühes vana ema ja oma noore naisega pidasid talu, kuni vanem vend Jüri ise ohjad jälle enda kätte võttis ja vennale üle maantee krundi eraldas, kuhu Nigulas ehitas maja, mille ta Kaasikuks nimetas.”

Nigulas, together with his old mother and his young wife, managed the farm until his elder brother Jüri took the reins again and allocated a plot of land for his brother across the highway, where Nigulas built a house, which he called Kaasiku.

“Jätkuv vaidlus viis juhatuse (esimees Nigulas Loone) tagasiastumiseni, mida Aleksander Aspel nimetas demokraatia vähesuseks.”

The ongoing dispute led to the resignation of the board (chairman Nigulas Loone), which Aleksander Aspel called a lack of democracy.

“Surnud oli aatekaaslane, noorsoo- ja karskusliikumise eestvedaja, üliõpilasseltsi Veljesto liige Nigulas Käbin.”

Nigulas Käbin, an ideological companion, leader of the youth and abstinence movement, member of the sorority Veljesto, had died.

“Nikolaus [-a´-], rahvapäraselt Nigulas, kat. kirikus merimeeste kaitsepühak, oli arvatavasti IV s. Myra linna (Lüükias) piiskopp^([sic]), kellele omistakse palju imesid.”

Nikolaus [-a´-], popularly Nigulas, the patron saint of sailors in the Catholic Church, was a 4th century bishop of the city of Myra (in Lycia), to whom many miracles are attributed.

“[…]Nicolaus 1684; Nikolai XIX s. lõpp; Koᵉlla, vanas keelepruugis ka Nigulas[…]”

[…] Nicolaus 1684; Nikolai end of 19th century; Koᵉlla, in the old language also Nigulas […]

“Erilist hindamist leidsid need pühakud[…]Mihkel (Michael) (29. septembril), Kadri (Katariina) (25. novembril), Nigulas (Nikolai) (6. detsembril), Toomas (21. detsembril) jne.”

These saints found special appreciation […] Mihkel (Michael) (September 29th), Kadri (Catherine) (November 25th), Nigulas (Nicholas) (December 6th), Thomas (December 21st), etc.

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