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Nicolai

American

[nik-uh-lahy, nee-koh-lah-ee] / ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ, ˌni koʊˈlɑ i /

noun

(Carl) Otto (Ehrenfried) 1810–49, German composer.

Nicolai British

/ nikoˈlaɪ /

noun

Carl Otto Ehrenfried (karl ˈɔto ˈeːrənfriːt). 1810–49, German composer: noted for his opera The Merry Wives of Windsor (1849)

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Nicolai Marciano, the chief business development officer at Guess, said the effort is about creating more brand equity and building relationships within Coachella’s creative community.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

“April will be much worse than March,” Fatih Birol, the executive director of the IEA, said on an episode of Norges Bank Investment Management CEO Nicolai Tangen’s podcast.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

And when his final putt went in, he had secured a dominant victory at 21-under, five strokes ahead second-place finisher Nicolai Hojgaard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Scheffler and Thorbjornsen were part of a five-way tie for third on 15-under 269, where they were joined by Akshay Bhatia, Kim Si-woo, and Nicolai Hojgaard.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

IN and out of a checkpoint—a village named Nicolai.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

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