Natal
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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 noun[edit]
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
Translations[edit]
capital of Rio Grande do Norte
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Further reading[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Portuguese Natal, from Old Portuguese natal, nadal, from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Natal
Alternative forms[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- Krismas (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)
Further reading[edit]
- “Natal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /nɐ.ˈtaɫ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /na.ˈtaw/
- Homophone: natal
- Hyphenation: Na‧tal
- Rhymes: -aw
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Portuguese natal, nadal, from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”).
Proper noun[edit]
Natal m (plural Natais)
- Christmas (festival observed on December 25 commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ)
Descendants[edit]
- → Gujarati: નાતાલ (nātāl)
- → Indonesian: Natal
- → Konkani: नाताळ (nātāḷ)
- → Malay: Hari Natal
- → Marathi: नाताळ (nātāḷ), नाथाळ (nāthāḷ)
- → Sinhalese: නත්තල (nattala)
- → Tetum: Natál
Etymology 2[edit]
From Natal (“Christmas”), because the region in South Africa was discovered by the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama on Christmas Day, 1497.
Proper noun[edit]
Natal m
- Natal (a former colony in the United Kingdom, in southern Africa)
- A municipality, the state capital of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Descendants[edit]
- → English: Natal
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-
- English terms borrowed from Portuguese
- English terms derived from Portuguese
- English doublets
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- en:Municipalities of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
- en:Municipalities of Brazil
- en:Cities in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
- en:Cities in Brazil
- en:State capitals of Brazil
- en:Places in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
- en:Places in Brazil
- en:Historical polities
- Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Indonesian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Portuguese
- Indonesian terms derived from Portuguese
- Indonesian terms derived from Old Portuguese
- Indonesian terms derived from Latin
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian proper nouns
- id:Christmas
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese terms with homophones
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Historical polities
- pt:Places in the United Kingdom
- pt:Municipalities of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
- pt:Municipalities of Brazil
- pt:Cities in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
- pt:Cities in Brazil
- pt:State capitals of Brazil
- pt:Places in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
- pt:Places in Brazil
- pt:Christmas