1. (adj.)natal of or pertaining to a person's birth.
2. natal presiding over or affecting a person at birth.
3. natal (of places) native.
4. (n.)Natal a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 2,145,018; 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Cap.: Pietermaritzburg.
5. Natal the capital of Rio Grande do Norte, in NE Brazil. 376,446.
Etymology: (1885–90; < F natalité)
Definition of 'natal'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)Natal, KwaZulu-Natal a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean "Natal was renamed KwaZulu-Natal in 1994"
2. (adj)Natal a port city in northeastern Brazil
3. (adj)natal relating to or accompanying birth "natal injuries"; "natal day"; "natal influences"
4. (adj)natal of or relating to the buttocks
Definition of 'natal'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)natal of or pertaining to one's birth; accompying or dating from one's birth; native
2. (adj)natal presiding over nativity; as, natal Jove
Definitions of 'natal'
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
1. natal British colony in SE. Africa, somewhat larger than Denmark, fronts the Indian Ocean on the E., having a foreshore of 180 m., between Zululand on the N. and Kaffraria on the S.; the Dragensberg Mountains form its western boundary; enjoys a fine salubrious climate, and possesses abundance of fertile land, watered by some 140 inches of rainfall; along the coast the sugar-cane is largely cultivated, as also some tea, coffee, tobacco, &c., while all kinds of fruits flourish in its sub-tropical climate; the rising ground inland produces good cereals, and large numbers of sheep and cattle find excellent pasturage on the plains and mountain slopes on the W.; excellent coal is mined in large quantities, and iron and copper promise well; wool, sugar, hides, feathers, and ivory are the chief exports, and are shipped mainly at Durban, the chief port; the colony now enjoys the advantages of good railways, schools, representative government, and a legal code based on old Dutch law; Pietermaritzburg (q. v.) is the capital; Natal was discovered in 1497 by Vasco da Gama, and after being annexed to Cape Colony in 1844, was declared, 11 years later, a separate colony.
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