/ˈneɪtəl/
OriginFrom Classical Latin natis (“rump”) + -al.
- Of or relating to birth.
“Sea turtles return to their natal beaches to nest.”
“The constituents of the nation are a land and a people: the "natal", which is not necessarily innate, and the "popular," which is not necessarily pregiven.”
- Of or relating to the buttocks.
- A former British colony in modern South Africa, existing from 1843 to 1910.
- 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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