Natal
['neɪt(ə)l] or ['netl]
Definition
(noun.) a port city in northeastern Brazil.
(noun.) a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; 'Natal was renamed KwaZulu-Natal in 1994'.
(adj.) relating to or accompanying birth; 'natal injuries'; 'natal day'; 'natal influences' .
(adj.) of or relating to the buttocks .
Typist: Winfred--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to one's birth; accompying or dating from one's birth; native.
(a.) Presiding over nativity; as, natal Jove.
Checker: Wendy
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Native, of birth.
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Definition
adj. pertaining to the nates or buttocks.—n.pl. Nā′tes the buttocks.—adj. Nat′iform.
adj. pertaining to birth: native: presiding over birthdays.—adj. Natali′tial pertaining to a birthday.—n. Natal′ity birth-rate.
Typist: Winfred
Examples
- He also enclosed a copy of verses on what he elegantly called his cousin's natal day. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Your pity, my darling, is the suffering mother of love: its anguish is the very natal pang of the divine passion. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- When the Eighteenth Century gave birth to the Nineteenth, its great natal gift in medicine was vaccination. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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