Nicolae (name)
Encyclopedia
Nicolae is a Romanian
male given name
or surname
, the equivalent of the English
Nicholas
. Its female form is Nicoleta. The name means Victory of the People.
Romanian language
Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...
male given name
Given name
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or surname
Surname
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, the equivalent of the English
English language
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Nicholas
Nicholas
Nicholas 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"...
. Its female form is Nicoleta. The name means Victory of the People.
In politics
- Nicolae Alexandru of WallachiaNicolae Alexandru of WallachiaNicholas Alexander was a Prince of Wallachia between 1352 and November 1364, after having been associate ruler to his father Basarab I.In the year 1359, he founded the Wallachian Eastern Orthodox Metropolitan seat....
, Prince of Wallachia between 1352 and November 1364 - Nicolae BălcescuNicolae BalcescuNicolae Bălcescu was a Romanian Wallachian soldier, historian, journalist, and leader of the 1848 Wallachian Revolution.-Early life:...
, Romanian Wallachian soldier, historian, journalist, and leader of the 1848 Wallachian Revolution - Nicolae CeauşescuNicolae CeausescuNicolae Ceaușescu was a Romanian Communist politician. He was General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and as such was the country's second and last Communist leader...
, the leader of Communist Romania from 1965 until shortly before his execution in 1989 - Nicolae CreţulescuNicolae CretulescuNicolae Crețulescu was a Wallachian-born Romanian politician and physician. He served three terms as Prime Minister of Romania: from 1862 to 1863, again from 1865 to 1866, and finally in 1867. He was elected to the Romanian Academy....
, Romanian politician, served as Prime Minister - Nicolae CristeaNicolae CristeaNicolas or Nicolae Cristea was a Romanian communist, a volunteer in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War and in the French Resistance during World War II.Cristea was born in a poor workers family in Galaţi...
, Romanian communist - Nicolae GolescuNicolae GolescuNicolae Golescu was a Wallachian Romanian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Romania in 1860 and May–November 1868.-Early life:...
, Wallachian Romanian politician, served as Prime Minister - Nicolae IorgaNicolae IorgaNicolae Iorga was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, poet and playwright. Co-founder of the Democratic Nationalist Party , he served as a member of Parliament, President of the Deputies' Assembly and Senate, cabinet minister and briefly as Prime Minister...
, historian, university professor, literary critic, memorialist, playwright, poet, and Romanian politician - Nicolae Petrescu-ComnenNicolae Petrescu-ComnenNicolae Petrescu-Comnen was a Romanian diplomat, politician, and humanitarian, noted for his role in interwar European politics and his support for the League of Nations...
, Romanian diplomat, politician - Nicolae RădescuNicolae RadescuNicolae Rădescu was a Romanian army officer and political figure. He was the last pre-communist rule Prime Minister of Romania, serving from December 7, 1944 to March 1, 1945....
, Romanian army officer, served as Prime Minister - Nicolae TitulescuNicolae TitulescuNicolae Titulescu was a well-known Romanian diplomat, at various times government minister, finance and foreign minister, and for two terms President of the General Assembly of the League of Nations . He was a member of the Freemasonry.-Early years:...
, Romanian diplomat, government minister, and President of the League of Nations - Nicolae VăcăroiuNicolae VacaroiuNicolae Văcăroiu is a Romanian politician, member of the Social Democratic Party, who served as Prime Minister between 1992 and 1996. Before the 1989 Revolution he worked at the Committee for State Planning, together with Theodor Stolojan....
, Romanian politician, served as Prime Minister
In science
- Nicolae DoniciNicolae DoniciNicolae Donici was a Romanian astronomer born in Bessarabia. Nicolae Donici was born into an old family of Romanian nobles from Bessarabia in the Petricani region of Chişinău. He graduated from the University in Odessa...
, Romanian astronomer born in Bessarabia - Nicolae LeonNicolae LeonNicolae Leon was a Romanian biologist of world renown. He was the elder brother of the naturalist Grigore Antipa.-External links:*...
, Romanian biologist - Nicolae PaulescuNicolae PaulescuNicolae Paulescu was a Romanian physiologist, professor of medicine, the discoverer of insulin . The "pancreine" was a crude extract of bovine pancreas in salted water, after which some impurites were removed with hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide.-Early life and activities:Born in Bucharest,...
, Romanian physiologist, professor of medicine and the discoverer of insulin - Nicolae PopescuNicolae PopescuNicolae Popescu was a Romanian mathematician and Emeritus Professor. Popescu was elected a Member of the Romanian Academy in 1992. He is best known for his contributions to Algebra and the theory of Abelian categories. Since 1964 and until 2007 he collaborated on the characterization of abelian...
, Romanian mathematician - Nicolae TecluNicolae TecluNicolae Teclu ; was a Romanian chemist, who gave his name to the worldwide-used "Teclu burner". He studied engineering and architecture, and then chemistry, continuing his career by becoming professor for general and analytical chemistry in Vienna...
, Romanian chemist, inventor of the "Teclu burner" - Nicolae Vasilescu-KarpenNicolae Vasilescu-KarpenNicolae Vasilescu-Karpen was a Romanian engineer and physicist, who did pioneering work in the field of telegraphy and telephony...
, Romanian engineer and physicist, who did pioneering work in the field of telegraphy and telephony
In other fields
- Nicolae ButacuNicolae ButacuNicolae Butacu is a retired freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Romania, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is best known for winning two silver medals at the 1996 European SC Championships in Rostock.-References:* *...
, Romanian swimmer - Nicolae CarandinoNicolae CarandinoNicolae Carandino was a Romanian journalist, pamphleteer, translator, dramatist, and politician.He was born in Brăila into a family of intellectuals. After completing high school in Brăila in 1923, he went to college in Bucharest, graduating in 1926...
, Romanian author, pamphleteer, translator, and writer - Nicolae DărăscuNicolae DarascuNicolae Dărăscu was a Romanian painter. He was influenced by Impressionism and Neo-impressionism.-Biography:...
, Romanian painter - Nicolae DensuşianuNicolae DensusianuNicolae Densuşianu was a Transylvanian-born Romanian ethnologist and collector of Romanian folklore. His main work, for which he is chiefly remembered, was the posthumously printed Dacia Preistorică , with a preface contributed by C. I...
, Romanian ethnologist - Nicolae DobrinNicolae DobrinNicolae Dobrin was a Romanian football player. Dobrin is considered by many to be the best Romanian player of the 1960s and 1970s and one of the most talented players ever to play the game...
, Romanian football (soccer) player - Nicolae FilimonNicolae FilimonNicolae Filimon was a Wallachian Romanian novelist and short-story writer, remembered as the author of the very first Realist novel in Romanian literature, Ciocoii vechi şi noi , which was centered on the self-seeking figure of Dinu Păturică...
, Wallachian Romanian writer - Nicolae GrigorescuNicolae GrigorescuNicolae Grigorescu was one of the founders of modern Romanian painting.-Biography:He was born in Pitaru, Dâmboviţa County, Wallachia. In 1843 the family moved to Bucharest. At a young age , he became an apprentice at the workshop of the painter Anton Chladek and created icons for the church of...
, Romanian painter - Nicolae GuţăNicolae GutaNicolae Guţă , born Nicolae Linguraru on December 3, 1967 in Petroşani, Romania, is a Romani manele and Gypsy jazz singer. He is the father of manele and ethno-pop singer Nicoleta Guţă.-Musical career:...
, Romanian manele singers - Nicolae IvanNicolae IvanNicolae Ivan is a retired freestyle swimmer from Romania, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is best known for winning the bronze medal in the men's 100 m freestyle at the 1996 European SC Championships in Rostock.-References:* *...
, Romanian freestyle swimmer - Nicolae LabişNicolae LabisNicolae Labiș was a Romanian poet.-Early life:His father, Eugen, was the son of a forest brigade soldier and himself fought in World War II; he became a schoolteacher in 1931. His mother Ana-Profira, the daughter of a peasant killed in the Battle of Mărășești, was also a schoolteacher...
, Romanian poet - Nicolae MalaxaNicolae Malaxa-Biography:Born in a family of Greek origins in Huşi, Malaxa studied engineering in Iaşi and Karlsruhe...
, Romanian engineer and industrialist - Nicolae ManolescuNicolae ManolescuNicolae Manolescu is a Romanian literary critic. As an editor of România Literară literary magazine, he has reached a record in reviewing books for almost 30 years...
, Romanian literary critic - Nicolae MiteaNicolae MiteaNicolae Mitea is a Romanian footballer who is currently playing in Liga I for Petrolul Ploieşti. Mitea is a left-winger that was renowned for his dribbling ability and fast pace.-Club career:...
, Romanian football (soccer) forward - Nicolae TestemiţanuNicolae TestemitanuNicolae Testemiţanu was a Moldovan scientist, surgeon, hygienist, and politician.- Political career :...
, Moldovan physician and politician - Nicolae TonitzaNicolae TonitzaNicolae Tonitza was a Romanian painter, engraver, lithographer, journalist and art critic. Drawing inspiration from Post-impressionism and Expressionism, he had a major role in introducing modernist guidelines to local art.-Biography:...
, Romanian painter - Nicolae VermontNicolae VermontNicolae Vermont was a Romanian realist painter, graphic artist and muralist. He was noted for his wide range of subjects and his interest in social issues, and was an associate of the post-Impressionists Ştefan Luchian and Constantin Artachino, as well as a friend of the controversial art...
, Romanian painter
In fiction
- Nicolae Carpathia, fictional character in the Left Behind series of novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
- Nicolae, a recently added NPC on the site Gaia OnlineGaia OnlineGaia Online is an English-language, anime-themed social networking and forums-based website. Gaiaonline was founded in 2003. but the name was changed to GaiaOnline.com in 2003 from go-gaia by its owner, Gaia Interactive...
. His good looks and quick wits have made him very popular among female members.
Other uses
- Nicolae Dobrin StadiumNicolae Dobrin StadiumNicolae Dobrin Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Piteşti, Romania, named after football player Nicolae Dobrin. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Argeş Piteşti....
- Nicolae Romanescu ParkNicolae Romanescu ParkThe Nicolae Romanescu Park in Craiova, Romania, is the largest and best-known park in the city, and houses its own zoo.Through the initiative of Nicolae P. Romanescu, the mayor of Craiova at that time, the park was designed by French architect Émile Rendont. In 1900, the designs for the park won...
- Nicolae Bălcescu, CălăraşiNicolae Balcescu, CalarasiNicolae Bălcescu is a commune in Călăraşi County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Fântâna Doamnei, Nicolae Bălcescu and Paicu.As of 2007 the population of Nicolae Bălcescu is 1,581. It is named after Nicolae Bălcescu....
, a commune in Călăraşi CountyCalarasi CountyCălărași is a county of Romania, in Muntenia, with the county seat at Călărași.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 324,617 and a population density of 64/km².*Romanians – 95%*Roma and others.-List of cities by population:...