natal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean
    KwaZulu-Natal.
    • Natal was renamed KwaZulu-Natal in 1994
  2. noun a port city in northeastern Brazil
  3. adjective relating to or accompanying birth
    • natal injuries
    • natal day
    • natal influences
  4. adjective of or relating to the buttocks

WordNet

Na"tal adjective
Etymology
L. natalis, fr. natus, p.p. of nasci to be born: cf. F. natal. See Nation, and cf. Noel.
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to one's birth; accompying or dating from one's birth; native.
    Princes' children took names from their natal places. Camden.
    Propitious star, whose sacred power Presided o'er the monarch's natal hour. Prior.
  2. (Actrol.) Presiding over nativity; as, natal Jove. Syn. -- Native, natural. See Native.

Webster 1913