'Natal' definitions:
Definition of 'natal'
From: WordNet
adjective
Relating to or accompanying birth; "natal injuries"; "natal day"; "natal influences"
adjective
Of or relating to the buttocks
noun
A region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean; "Natal was renamed KwaZulu-Natal in 1994" [syn: Natal, KwaZulu-Natal]
noun
A port city in northeastern Brazil
Definition of 'Natal'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Princes' children took names from their natal places. --Camden. [1913 Webster]
- Propitious star, whose sacred power Presided o'er the monarch's natal hour. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Astrol.) Presiding over nativity; as, natal Jove. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Native, natural. See Native. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'natal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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