Natal
WordNet
adjective
(1) Relating to or accompanying birth
"Natal injuries"
"Natal day"
"Natal influences"
(2) Of or relating to the buttocks
noun
(3) A port city in northeastern Brazil
(4) A region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean
"Natal was renamed KwaZulu-Natal in 1994"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From Portuguese Natal ("Christmas"), because the region in South Africa was discovered by the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama on Christmas Day, 1497.
Proper noun
Natal
- A seaport and the state capital of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
- A former British colony and province of South Africa. It is now called KwaZulu-Natal province.