Natal

Na·tal  (n-tl, -täl)

1. A region of southeast Africa on the Indian Ocean. Sighted by Vasco da Gama on Christmas Day 1497 and named Terra Natalis, it was settled by British traders in 1823 and by the Boers after 1836. Annexed by the British to Cape Colony in 1843, Natal became a separate colony after 1856 and a founding province of South Africa in 1910.

2. A city of northeast Brazil on the Atlantic Ocean north of Recife. Founded in the late 1590s, it grew rapidly in World War II as a base for flights connecting with Africa. Population: 778,000.

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na·tal  (ntl)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or accompanying birth: natal injuries.

2. Of or associated with the time or place of one's birth: a natal star.

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[Middle English, from Latin ntlis, from ntus, past participle of nsc, to be born; see gen- in Indo-European roots.]

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natal [nay-tl]

Adjective

of or relating to birth [Latin natalis of one's birth]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Natal - a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; "Natal was renamed KwaZulu-Natal in 1994" KwaZulu-Natal Republic of South Africa, South Africa - a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers) Tugela, Tugela Falls - a major waterfall in southern Africa; has more than one leap Zulu - a member of the tall Negroid people of eastern South Africa; some live in KwaZulu-Natal under the traditional clan system but many now work in the cities
	2.	Natal - a port city in northeastern Brazil Brasil, Brazil, Federative Republic of Brazil - the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter
Adj.	1.	natal - relating to or accompanying birth; "natal injuries"; "natal day"; "natal influences"
	2.	natal - of or relating to the buttocks