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Pronunciation
  
/nɪkoʊleɪ/

Word/name
  
Romanian

Gender
  
male

Meaning
  
"Victory of the People"

Nicolae (or Niculae) is a Romanian masculine given name or surname, the equivalent of the English Nicholas. Its feminine form is Nicoleta.

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In politics

  • Nicolae Alexandru of Wallachia, Prince of Wallachia between 1352 and November 1364
  • Nicolae Bălcescu, Romanian Wallachian soldier, historian, journalist, and leader of the 1848 Wallachian Revolution
  • Nicolae Ceauşescu, the Stalinist leader of Communist Romania from 1965 until shortly before his execution in 1989
  • Nicolae Creţulescu, Romanian politician, served as Prime Minister
  • Nicolae Cristea (communist)
  • Nicolae Cristea (priest)
  • Nicolae Golescu, Wallachian Romanian politician, served as Prime Minister
  • Nicolae Iorga, historian, university professor, literary critic, memorialist, playwright, poet, and Romanian politician
  • Nicolae Petrescu-Comnen, Romanian diplomat, politician
  • Nicolae Rădescu, Romanian army officer, served as Prime Minister
  • Nicolae Titulescu, Romanian diplomat, government minister, and President of the League of Nations
  • Nicolae Văcăroiu, Romanian politician, served as Prime Minister

    • In science

  • Nicolae Donici, Romanian astronomer born in Bessarabia
  • Nicolae Leon, Romanian biologist
  • Nicolae Paulescu, Romanian physiologist, professor of medicine and the discoverer of insulin
  • Nicolae Popescu, Romanian mathematician
  • Nicolae Teclu, Romanian chemist, inventor of the "Teclu burner"
  • Nicolae Vasilescu-Karpen, Romanian engineer and physicist, who did pioneering work in the field of telegraphy and telephony

    • In other fields

  • Nicolae Butacu, Romanian swimmer
  • Nicolae Carandino, Romanian author, pamphleteer, translator, and writer
  • Nicolae Cotos, Romanian theologian
  • Nicolae Dărăscu, Romanian painter
  • Nicolae Densuşianu, Romanian ethnologist
  • Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian football (soccer) player
  • Nicolae Drăganu, Romanian linguist
  • Nicolae Filimon, Wallachian Romanian writer
  • Nicolae Grigorescu, Romanian painter
  • Nicolae Guţă, Romanian manele singers
  • Nicolae Ivan, Romanian freestyle swimmer
  • Nicolae Labiș, Romanian poet
  • Nicolae Malaxa, Romanian engineer and industrialist
  • Nicolae Manolescu, Romanian literary critic
  • Nicolae Mitea, Romanian football (soccer) forward
  • Nicolae Testemiţanu, Moldovan physician and politician
  • Nicolae Tonitza, Romanian painter
  • Nicolae Vermont, Romanian painter

    • In fiction

  • Nicolae Carpathia, fictional character in the Left Behind series of novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins

    • Other uses

  • Nicolae Dobrin Stadium
  • Nicolae Romanescu Park
  • Nicolae Bălcescu, Călărași, a commune in Călăraşi County

    • As a surname

  • Petre Nicolae, Romanian actor

    • References

    Nicolae (name) Wikipedia
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