Natal
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese Natal (“Christmas”), because the region in South Africa was discovered by the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama on Christmas Day, 1497. Doublet of natal.
Proper nounEdit
Natal
- A former British colony and province of South Africa, itself beforehand the Natalia Republic. It is now called KwaZulu-Natal province.
- A municipality, the state capital of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
TranslationsEdit
capital of Rio Grande do Norte
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Further readingEdit
AnagramsEdit
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Portuguese Natal, from Old Portuguese natal, nadal, from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Natal
Alternative formsEdit
SynonymsEdit
- Krismas (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
Further readingEdit
- “Natal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Portuguese natal, nadal, from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”).
Proper nounEdit
Natal m (plural Natais)
- Christmas (festival observed on December 25 commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ)
DescendantsEdit
- → Gujarati: નાતાલ (nātāl)
- → Indonesian: Natal
- → Konkani: नाताळ (nātāḷ)
- → Malay: Hari Natal
- → Marathi: नाताळ (nātāḷ), नाथाळ (nāthāḷ)
- → Sinhalese: නත්තල (nattala)
- → Tetum: Natál
Etymology 2Edit
From Natal (“Christmas”), because the region in South Africa was discovered by the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama on Christmas Day, 1497.
Proper nounEdit
Natal m
- Natal (a former colony in the United Kingdom, in southern Africa)
- A municipality, the state capital of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
DescendantsEdit
- → English: Natal