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natal

na·tal

UK/ˈneɪtəl/ US/nʌˈtɑl/ rare
adjective (2) noun (2)

adjective

1.

relating to or accompanying birth

  • “natal injuries”
  • “natal day”
  • “natal influences”
2.

of or relating to the buttocks

noun

1.

a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean

  • “Natal was renamed KwaZulu-Natal in 1994”
2.

Origin

From Middle English natal, natale (“native, one’s own; inherited; presiding over birthdays or births”), from Classical Latin nātālis (“natal”), from nātus, perfect active participle of nāscor (“to be born”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

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