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/nˈeɪtəl/ /nətˈɑl/ Listen

adjective

Natal adj.

Of or pertaining to one's birth; accompying or dating from one's birth; native. "Princes' children took names from their natal places." "Propitious star, whose sacred power Presided o'er the monarch's natal hour."

(Astrol.) Presiding over nativity; as, natal Jove.

Synonyms: Native, natural. See Native.

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Etymology of 'Natal'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Natal" Quotes from Famous Books

... of it before," he said, "but I can see now that the future of the Empire really depends on the proper legislation for child welfare, on ante-natal clinic, and the abolition of the ...

— Our Casualty And Other Stories - 1918 • James Owen Hannay, AKA George A. Birmingham

... lay of one whose natal star Still seemed the brightest when it shone afar; Whose cheek, grown pallid with ungracious toil, Glows in the welcome of his parent soil; And ask no garlands sought beyond the tide, But take the leaflets gathered ...

— The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Complete • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

... of all was the caravan—she couldn't remember where, in Natal or thereabouts—wagons with ten yoke of oxen. They climbed up endless winding roads. The men shot at birds and prospected for diamonds along the wayside; and at night they took the hay from the mattresses to give to the cattle. Lolling indolence was in the air and ...

— The Bill-Toppers • Andre Castaigne

... "Thank you, canon; they were all right when we heard last. Tom is in Natal, so I feel happier about him; but Willie, of course, is in the thick of it all—and the ...

— Peter's Mother • Mrs. Henry De La Pasture

... of divine law. Insanity also frequently has been attributed to consanguineous marriage, but not so frequently as idiocy, since its occurrence later in life is not so obviously connected with pre-natal conditions. ...

— Consanguineous Marriages in the American Population • George B. Louis Arner

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