Na·tal (n -t l , -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. |
na·tal (n tl)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. [Middle English, from Latin n tlis, from ntus, past participle of nsc , to be born; see gen- in Indo-European roots.] |
Natal
n
1. (Placename) 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
2. (Placename (Portuguese)) a port in NE Brazil, capital of Rio Grande do Norte state, near the mouth of the Potengi River. Pop. (urban area): 709 422 (2000)
natal1
adj
1. (Medicine) of or relating to birth
2. a rare word for native natal instincts
[from Latin nātālis of one's birth, from nātus, from nascī to be born]
natal2
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy of or relating to the buttocks
[from New Latin nates buttocks]
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| Noun | 1. |  Natal - a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; "Natal was renamed KwaZulu-Natal in 1994"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 |
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