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Natal definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NATAL, a. Pertaining to birth. The natal day is the day of birth or nativity. So we say, natal hour; natal place.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: relating to or accompanying birth; "natal injuries"; "natal day"; "natal influences"
2: of or relating to the buttocks n
1: a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; "Natal was renamed KwaZulu-Natal in 1994" [syn: Natal, KwaZulu-Natal]
2: a port city in northeastern Brazil

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin natalis, from natus, past participle of nasci to be born — more at nation Date: 15th century 1. native 2. of, relating to, or present at birth; especially associated with one's birth <a natal star>

Merriam Webster's

geographical name 1. city & port NE Brazil capital of Rio Grande do Norte population 606,541 2. former province E Republic of South Africa between Drakensberg Mountains & Indian Ocean; now part of KwaZulu-Natal

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. of or from one's birth. Etymology: ME f. L natalis (as NATION)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Natal Na"tal, a. [L. natalis, fr. natus, p. p. of nasci to be born: cf. F. natal. See Nation, and cf. Noel.] 1. Of or pertaining to one's birth; accompying or dating from one's birth; native. Princes' children took names from their natal places. --Camden. Propitious star, whose sacred power Presided o'er the monarch's natal hour. --Prior. 2. (Actrol.) Presiding over nativity; as, natal Jove. Syn: Native, natural. See Native.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Native, of birth, natalitious.

Moby Thesaurus

abecedarian, aboriginal, antenatal, autochthonous, beginning, budding, creative, elemental, elementary, embryonic, endemic, fetal, formative, foundational, fundamental, gestatory, homebred, homegrown, in embryo, in its infancy, in the bud, inaugural, inceptive, inchoate, inchoative, incipient, incunabular, indigenous, infant, infantile, initial, initiative, initiatory, introductory, inventive, nascent, native, native-born, original, parturient, postnatal, pregnant, prenatal, primal, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primogenial, procreative, rudimental, rudimentary, ur, vernacular