Meaning of NATAL
Pronunciation: | | 'neytul, nu'tal
|
WordNet Dictionary |
|
| Definition: | |
- [n] a port city in northeastern Brazil
- [n] a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean
- [adj] relating to or accompanying birth; "natal injuries"; "natal day"; "natal influences"
- [adj] of or relating to the buttocks
|
|
| Websites: | |
|
|
| See Also: | | Brasil, Brazil, city, district, Federative Republic of Brazil, metropolis, port, Republic of South Africa, South Africa, territory, Tugela, Tugela Falls, urban center, Zulu | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
|
| Definition: | | \Na"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. (Actrol.) Presiding over nativity; as, natal Jove.
Syn: Native, natural. See {Native}.
|
|
| Websites: | |
|
|
Medical Dictionary |
|
| Definition: | | Pertaining to birth. |
|
| Websites: | |
|
|
Thesaurus Terms |
|
| Related Terms: | | abecedarian, aboriginal, antenatal, autochthonous, beginning, budding, creative, elemental, elementary, embryonic, endemic, fetal, formative, foundational, fundamental, gestatory, homebred, homegrown, in embryo, in its infancy, in the bud, inaugural, inceptive, inchoate, inchoative, incipient, incunabular, indigenous, infant, infantile, initial, initiative, initiatory, introductory, inventive, nascent, native, native-born, original, parturient, postnatal, pregnant, prenatal, primal, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primogenial, procreative, rudimental, rudimentary, ur, vernacular |
|
|
|
|