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natal
[ neyt-l ]
/ ËneÉȘt l /
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adjective
of or relating to a person's birth: celebrating one's natal day.
presiding over or affecting a person at birth: natal influences.
(of places) native: nostalgia for one's natal town.
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Origin of natal
1350â1400; Middle English <Latin nÄtÄlis of, belonging to one's birth, natal, equivalent to nÄt(us) an offspring (variant of gnÄtus, past participle of nÄscÄ« to be born) + -Älis-al1
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nasturtium, nasty, nasute, NAS/UWT, Nat, natal, natal chart, Natalie, natality, Natal orange, Natal plum
Other definitions for natal (2 of 2)
Natal
[ nuh-tal, -tahl; for 2 also Portuguese nuh-tawl ]
/ nÉËtĂŠl, -ËtÉl; for 2 also Portuguese nÉËtÉl /
noun
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
a seaport in E Brazil.
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Na·tal·i·an, adjective, nounDictionary.com Unabridged
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British Dictionary definitions for natal (1 of 3)
Word Origin for natal
C14: from Latin nÄtÄlis of one's birth, from nÄtus, from nascÄ« to be born
British Dictionary definitions for natal (2 of 3)
natal2
/ (ËneÉȘtÉl) /
adjective
anatomy of or relating to the buttocks
Word Origin for natal
from New Latin nates buttocks
British Dictionary definitions for natal (3 of 3)
Natal
noun
(nÉËtĂŠl) a former province of E South Africa, between the Drakensberg and the Indian Ocean: set up as a republic by the Boers in 1838; became a British colony in 1843; joined South Africa in 1910; replaced by KwaZulu-Natal in 1994. Capital: Pietermaritzburg
(Portuguese naËtal) a port in NE Brazil, capital of Rio Grande do Norte state, near the mouth of the Potengi River. Pop: 1Â 049Â 000 (2005 est)
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