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natal definition

na·tal (nāt'l)

adjective

  1. of or connected with one's birth
  2. dating from birth
  3. native: said of a place

Etymology: ME < L natalis < natus, pp. of nasci, to be born: see genus

Natal definition

Na·tal (nə tal; -täl)

  1. former province of E South Africa: now part of KwaZulu-Natal province
  2. seaport in NE Brazil: capital of Rio Grande do Norte state: pop. 607,000

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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