Natal

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.

Natal

2. A former British colony in modern South Africa, existing from 1843 to 1910.
4. A former province of South Africa, reorganized in 1994 into the modern province of KwaZulu-Natal.
5. A municipality, the state capital of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

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From Malay Natal, from Portuguese Natal, from Old Galician-Portuguese Natal, from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈnatal/ [ˈna.t̪al]
• Rhymes: -atal
• Syllabification: Na‧tal

Natal

1. (Christianity) Christmas (festival observed on December 25 commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ)

• “Natal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Portuguese Natal (via any dialects in contact with the Portuguese like Ambonese, Ternate etc) or creoles like Kristang, from Old Galician-Portuguese Natal, from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”).

• IPA^(key): [na.tal]

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• Rhymes: -tal, -al
• Hyphenation: Na‧tal

Natal (Jawi spelling ناتل)

1. (Malacca, Indonesia, Christianity) Christmas; a festival/holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan and secular customs, which is celebrated on December 25 in most places.

• Krismas (rest of Malaysia, Singapore)

• Indonesian: Natal

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “natal”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 167

• “Natal” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Inherited from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”).

Natal m

1. Christmas

• Galician: Nadal
• Portuguese: Natal (see there for further descendants)

• Universo Cantigas - "Natal"

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Homophone: natal
• Hyphenation: Na‧tal

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Natal, from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”). Doublet of natal.

Compare Galician Nadal.

Natal m (plural Natais)

1. Christmas (festival observed on December 25 commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ)

From Natal (“Christmas”), because the region in South Africa was discovered by the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama on Christmas Day, 1497.

Natal m

1. Natal (a former British colony in modern South Africa, existing from 1843 to 1910)
2. Natal (a former province of South Africa, reorganized in 1994 into the modern province of KwaZulu-Natal)
3. a municipality, the state capital of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

• → English: Natal

• “Natal”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “Natal”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025