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English

Etymology

From Portuguese Natal#Portuguese|Natal ("Christmas"), because the region in South Africa was discovered by the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama on Christmas Day, 1497.

Proper noun

Natal

  1. A seaport and the state capital of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
  2. A former British colony and province of South Africa. It is now called KwaZulu-Natal province.


Translations


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Portuguese

Proper noun

Natal

  1. Christmas


Category:Cities Category:Political subdivisions Category:Portuguese nouns

zh-min-nan:Natal et:Natal fr:Natal it:Natal sw:Natal ja:Natal pt:Natal ro:Natal fi:Natal tr:Natal vo:Natal

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Natal \Na"tal\ (n[=a]"tal), a. [L. natalis, fr. natus, p. p. of
nasci to be born: cf. F. natal. See Nation, and cf.
Noel.]
1. Of or pertaining to one's birth; accompying or dating from
one's birth; native.
[1913 Webster]

Princes' children took names from their natal
places. --Camden.
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Propitious star, whose sacred power
Presided o'er the monarch's natal hour. --Prior.
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2. (Astrol.) Presiding over nativity; as, natal Jove.
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Syn: Native, natural. See Native.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet Natal
adj 1: relating to or accompanying birth; "natal injuries"; "natal
day"; "natal influences"
2: of or relating to the buttocks
n 1: a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean
2: a port city in northeastern Brazil
Moby Dictionary
abecedarian , aboriginal , antenatal , autochthonous , beginning ,
budding , creative , elemental , elementary , embryonic , endemic ,
fetal , formative , foundational , fundamental , gestatory , homebred ,
homegrown , in embryo , in its infancy , in the bud , inaugural ,
inceptive , inchoate , inchoative , incipient , incunabular ,
indigenous , infant , infantile , initial , initiative , initiatory ,
introductory , inventive , nascent , native , native-born , original ,
parturient , postnatal , pregnant , prenatal , primal , primary , prime ,
primeval , primitive , primogenial , procreative , rudimental ,
rudimentary , ur , vernacular


NATALE. The state of condition of a man acquired by birth.
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