natal

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈneɪt^əl/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈneɪtəl/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling'natal': (nāt′l); 'Natal': (nə tal′, -täl′; for 2 also Port. nə tôl′)

na•tal /ˈneɪtəl/USA pronunciation adj.

See -nat-.

na•tal (nāt′l),USA pronunciation adj.

Latin nātālis of, belonging to one's birth, natal, equivalent. to nāt(us) an offspring (variant of gnātus, past participle of nāscī to be born) + -ālis -al¹
Middle English 1350–1400

Na•tal (nə tal′, -täl′; for 2 also Port. nə tôl′),USA pronunciation n.

Place Namesa province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 4,236,700;
35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Cap.: Pietermaritzburg.
Place Namesa seaport in E Brazil. 250,787.

Na•tal′i•an, adj., n.

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natal /ˈneɪt^əl/ adj

Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin nātālis of one's birth, from nātus, from nascī to be born

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Natal n

/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
/Portuguese: naˈtal/ a port in NE Brazil, capital of Rio Grande do Norte state, near the mouth of the Potengi River. Pop: 1 049 000 (2005 est)

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