Dutch dialect Sante Klaas ‘St. Nicholas’" , [Oxford American Dictionary]. The online Wikipedia also gives the following background information at link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas "Saint Nicholas ( Greek : Άγιος Νικόλαος , Aghios ["holy"] Nicolaos ["victory of the people"]) (270–6 December 343), [ 3 ] [ 4 ] also called Nikolaos of Myra