1.
[syn: Santa Claus, Santa, Kriss Kringle, Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, St. Nick]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Saint Nicholas \Saint Nicholas\, St Nicholas \St. Nicholas\, n.
A Dutch saint, who was reputed to bring gifts to children on
Christmas even, giving rise to the modern legend of Santa
Claus.
[PJC]
A Visit from St. Nicholas The original name for a poem by
Clement Clarke Moore, popularly called titled The Night
Before Christmans. It is a popular poem with the theme of
St. Nicholas (Santa Claus) coming to bring gifts to
children on Christmans eve. See Night Before Christmas
in the vocabulary.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Santa Claus
n 1: the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being
who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas
[syn: Santa Claus, Santa, Kriss Kringle, Father
Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, St. Nick]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "Santa Claus":
Father Christmas, Kriss Kringle, Maecenas, Saint Nicholas,
Saint Nick, Santa, almoner, almsgiver, angel, assignor, awarder,
backer, bestower, cheerful giver, conferrer, consignor,
contributor, donator, donor, fairy godmother, feoffor, financer,
funder, giver, grantor, imparter, lady bountiful, patron,
patroness, philanthropist, presenter, settler, subscriber,
sugar daddy, supporter, testate, testator, testatrix, vouchsafer
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Santa Claus, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia
Population (2000): 237
Housing Units (2000): 89
Land area (2000): 0.182698 sq. miles (0.473186 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.182698 sq. miles (0.473186 sq. km)
FIPS code: 68600
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 32.170863 N, 82.331129 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Santa Claus, GA
Santa Claus
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Santa Claus, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana
Population (2000): 2041
Housing Units (2000): 818
Land area (2000): 5.182788 sq. miles (13.423359 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.384430 sq. miles (0.995670 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.567218 sq. miles (14.419029 sq. km)
FIPS code: 68022
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 38.118870 N, 86.921422 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 47579
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Santa Claus, IN
Santa Claus