单词 | natal |
释义 | natal1/ˈneɪt(ə)l![]() adjective Relating to the place or time of one’s birth: he was living in the south, many miles from his natal city...
OriginLate Middle English: from Latin natalis, from nat- 'born', from the verb nasci. Rhymesnatal2/ˈneɪt(ə)l![]() adjective Anatomy Relating to the buttocks: the natal cleft...
OriginLate 19th century: from nates + -al. Natal3/nəˈtal![]() 1A former province of South Africa, situated on the east coast. Having been a Boer republic and then a British colony, Natal acquired internal self-government in 1893 and became a province of the Union of South Africa in 1910. It was renamed KwaZulu-Natal in 1994. From Latin Terra Natalis 'land of the day of birth', a name given by Vasco da Gama in 1497, because he sighted the entrance to what is now Durban harbour on Christmas Day 2A port on the Atlantic coast of NE Brazil, capital of the state of Rio Grande do Norte; population 774,230 (2007). Rhymes |
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