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natal

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[ neyt-l ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to a person's birth:

    celebrating one's natal day.

  2. presiding over or affecting a person at birth:

    natal influences.

  3. (of places) native:

    nostalgia for one's natal town.



Natal

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[ nuh-tal, -tahl; Portuguese nuh-tawl ]

noun

  1. a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). : Pietermaritzburg.
  2. a seaport in E Brazil.

Natal

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noun

  1. əˈæ a former province of E South Africa, between the Drakensberg and the Indian Ocean: set up as a republic by the Boers in 1838; became a British colony in 1843; joined South Africa in 1910; replaced by KwaZulu-Natal in 1994. Capital: Pietermaritzburg
  2. Բˈٲ a port in NE Brazil, capital of Rio Grande do Norte state, near the mouth of the Potengi River. Pop: 1 049 000 (2005 est)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

natal

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/ ˈԱɪə /

adjective

  1. of or relating to birth
  2. a rare word for native

    natal instincts

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

natal

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/ ˈԱɪə /

adjective

  1. anatomy of or relating to the buttocks
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • ·ٲi· adjective noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of natal1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin “of or relating to birth,” from (ܲ) “an offspring” (variant of ٳܲ “born,” past participle of ī “to be born”) + - -al 1; nascent ( def )
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of natal1

C14: from Latin of one's birth, from ٳܲ, from Բī to be born

Origin of natal2

from New Latin nates buttocks
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Scripture and natal charts existed in tandem, along with palm-reading diagrams, recipes for potions and instructions for alchemical reactions.

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Steelhead migrate to the ocean and return to natal freshwater streams to spawn, a cycle that can be impeded by dams and other man-made barriers.

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Silvery steelhead migrate to the ocean and return to natal freshwater streams to spawn, a cycle that can be impeded by dams and concrete channels.

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Testosterone levels must be "within natal female range... for an appropriate length of time so as to minimise any potential advantage", and hormone treatment must be verified annually.

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I’ve seen him reference his natal chart in interviews before, so in anticipation of our meeting — and knowing the museum exhibition might pique his interest — I research my own.

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