Natal Definition

nātl
adjective
Of or connected with one's birth.
Webster's New World
Dating from birth.
Webster's New World
Native.
Webster's New World
pronoun

A seaport and the state capital of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Wiktionary

A former British colony and province of South Africa. It is now called KwaZulu-Natal province.

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Origin of Natal

  • From Latin nātālis (“natal"), from nātus, perfect active participle of nāscor (“I am born"), from gnāscor, from Proto-Indo-European *genh₁-.

    From Wiktionary

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

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Latin nātālis from nātus past participle of nāscī to be born genə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin natis (“rump"), plural nates

    From Wiktionary

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