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- DictionaryNatal/nəˈtal/
- 1. a former province of South Africa, situated on the east coast. Having been a Boer republic and then a British colony, Natal acquired internal self-government in 1893 and became a province of the Union of South Africa in 1910. It was renamed KwaZulu-Natal in 1994.
- 2. a port on the Atlantic coast of north-eastern Brazil, capital of the state of Rio Grande do Norte; population 774,230 (2007).
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NATAL definition: 1. relating to where a person or animal was born: 2. relating to the birth of babies: 3. relating…. Learn more.
Natal definition: of or relating to a person's birth. See examples of NATAL used in a sentence.
Definition of natal adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
NATAL meaning: 1. relating to where a person or animal was born: 2. relating to the birth of babies: 3. relating…. Learn more.
noun. 1. (nəˈtæl ) 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.
1. : native. 2. : of, relating to, or present at birth. especially : associated with one's birth. a natal star. Examples of natal in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web Favorable transits: When Jupiter transits the same sign as your natal Sun, Venus, or Jupiter.
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 Portuguese Natal (“Christmas" ), because the region in South Africa was discovered by the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama on Christmas Day, 1497.
What does the word natal mean? There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the word natal , three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Natal definition: . See examples of NATAL used in a sentence.
of or pertaining to a person's birth: celebrating one's natal day. presiding over or affecting a person at birth: natal influences. (of places) native: nostalgia for one's natal town.
