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natal

adj
/ˈneɪtəl/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós Proto-Italic *gnātos Latin gnātus Latin nātus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nātālisbor. Middle English natal English natal From Middle English natal, natale (“native, one’s own; inherited; presiding over birthdays or births”), from Classical Latin nātālis (“natal”), from nātus, perfect active participle of nāscor (“to be born”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-. Doublet of Natal and Noel.

  1. derived from *ǵenh₁-✻
  2. derived from nātālis
  3. inherited from natal,natale — “native, one’s own; inherited; presiding over birthdays or births”

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to birth.

    • Sea turtles return to their natal beaches to nest.
    • The constituents of the nation are a land and a people: the "natal", which is not necessarily innate, and the "popular," which is not necessarily pregiven.

  2. Of or relating to the buttocks.

  3. A former British colony in modern South Africa, existing from 1843 to 1910.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A former province of South Africa, reorganized in 1994 into the modern province of…

      A former province of South Africa, reorganized in 1994 into the modern province of KwaZulu-Natal.

    2. A municipality, the state capital of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA