NATAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Natal mean? 

• NATAL (noun)
  The noun NATAL has 2 senses:

1. a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean

2. a port city in northeastern Brazil

  Familiarity information: NATAL used as a noun is rare.

• NATAL (adjective)
  The adjective NATAL has 2 senses:

1. relating to or accompanying birth

2. of or relating to the buttocks

  Familiarity information: NATAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NATAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

KwaZulu-Natal; Natal

Context example:

Natal was renamed KwaZulu-Natal in 1994

Instance hypernyms:

district; dominion; territorial dominion; territory (a region marked off for administrative or other purposes)

Meronyms (parts of "Natal"):

Tugela; Tugela Falls (a major waterfall in southern Africa; has more than one leap)

Meronyms (members of "Natal"):

Zulu (a member of the tall Negroid people of eastern South Africa; some live in KwaZulu-Natal under the traditional clan system but many now work in the cities)

Holonyms ("Natal" is a part of...):

Republic of South Africa; South Africa (a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A port city in northeastern Brazil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Natal" is a part of...):

Brasil; Brazil; Federative Republic of Brazil (the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter)

• NATAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or accompanying birth

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

natal influences

Pertainym:

birth (the event of being born)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to the buttocks

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

nates (the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on)

 Context examples 

The same is true if you have Virgo rising or the natal moon in Virgo at 20 degrees, plus or minus five degrees.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Your pity, my darling, is the suffering mother of love: its anguish is the very natal pang of the divine passion.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Carcinogenic in single-dose experiments and following pre-natal exposure, it is used in experimental research to induce tumors at different sites by oral administration and other routes.

(N-nitroso-N-methylurethane, NCI Thesaurus)

Results of the study show that when a ‘synbiotic’ combination of a probiotic strain of the gut bacterium Lactobacillus plantarum and a carbohydrate that promotes healthy bacteria was given to neo-natal infants for a week, the incidence of sepsis can be reduced.

(Friendly gut bacteria can help fight infant deaths, SciDev.Net )

The same is true if you have the natal moon in Leo, or Leo rising at four degrees, plus or minus four degrees—you will especially love this new moon.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The same is true if you have Sagittarius rising four degrees or a natal moon in that sign and degree.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

With Mars opposed to your natal Sun, you won’t have total control, so you will have to be open-minded and work with other’s viewpoints and opinions.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The same is true if you have the natal moon in Taurus or Taurus rising at 20 degrees, plus or minus five degrees.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The same is true if you have Virgo rising at 20 degrees or the natal moon or a natal planet in Virgo at 20 degrees, in all cases plus or minus five degrees.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The same is true if you have Scorpio rising at four degrees or the natal moon in Scorpio four degrees.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)