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natal
/ˈneɪtəl/
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What does natal mean?
adjective
- Of or relating to birth.
- Of or relating to the buttocks.
proper noun
- A former British colony in modern South Africa, existing from 1843 to 1910.
More meanings (2)
proper noun
- A former province of South Africa, reorganized in 1994 into the modern province of KwaZulu-Natal.
- A municipality, the state capital of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈneɪtəl/
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He also enclosed a copy of verses on what he elegantly called his cousin’s “natal day.”
He is inspector of schools, and his history is a text-book whose purpose is the instruction of the Natal English youth.
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They early broke the ties which bound them to their natal earth, and they have contracted no fresh ones on their way.
A little in advance of the proper season, I transfer each family into a short glass tube, which will represent the natal cell.
The significance of the natal eruption of teeth is not always that of vigor, as many of the subjects succumb early in life.