natal

Definition of natal

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

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.”

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adj

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.”
Of or relating to the buttocks.

name

A former British colony in modern South Africa, existing from 1843 to 1910.
A former province of South Africa, reorganized in 1994 into the modern province of KwaZulu-Natal.
A municipality, the state capital of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

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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…

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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.

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