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Sinterklaases

Sinterklaases is the plural of Sinterklaas.

Meaning of Sinterklaas

Proper noun

Sinterklaas (plural Sinterklaases)

  1. Saint Nicholas in a folkloric incarnation, who (in the Low Countries and other parts of Europe) gives presents to children on December 5 or 6.
    • Freddie filled his plate with white and chocolate Christmas trees, Sinterklaases, and dogcarts.1949, Laura Lee Hope [pseudonym], “Freddie in the Sand”, in The Bobbsey Twins in Tulip Land, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC, page 113

Questions about Sinterklaases

What is Sinterklaases the plural of?
Sinterklaases is the plural of Sinterklaas.

Words near Sinterklaases in the dictionary

  1. sinterable
  2. sintered
  3. sintering
  4. sinterings
  5. Sinterklaas
  6. Sinterklaases
  7. sinters
  8. sintery
  9. sinthomosexual
  10. sinthomosexuality
  11. sinthomosexuals

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