a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean
<noun.location> Natal was renamed KwaZulu-Natal in 1994
a port city in northeastern Brazil
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relating to or accompanying birth
<adj.pert> natal injuries natal day natal influences
of or relating to the buttocks
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Natal \Na"tal\ (n[=a]"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. (Astrol.) Presiding over nativity; as, natal Jove.