Nimbus
A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo. See Aureola, and Glory, n., 5.
A rain cloud; one of the four principal varieties of clouds. See Cloud.
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Nimbus Translations
nimbus in Dutch is stralenkrans, nimbus
nimbus in German is Heiligenschein
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