Natal

See also: natal and nätäl'

English

Etymology

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

Natal

  1. A former British colony and province of South Africa, itself beforehand the Natalia Republic. It is now called KwaZulu-Natal province.
  2. A municipality, the state capital of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

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Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /na.tal/
  • Hyphenation: Na‧tal
  • Rhymes: -atal, -tal, -al

Proper noun

Natal

  1. (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.

Alternative forms

Synonyms
  • Krismas (Malaysia except Malacca, and Singapore)

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /natal/
  • Rhymes: -tal, -al
  • Hyphenation: Na‧tal

Proper noun

Natal (Jawi spelling ناتل)

  1. (Malacca, 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.

Synonyms
  • Krismas (rest of Malaysia, Singapore)

Descendants
  • Indonesian: Natal

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

Further reading

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

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

Noun

Natal m

  1. Christmas

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

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /naˈtaw/ [naˈtaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /nɐˈtal/ [nɐˈtaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /nɐˈta.li/

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

Etymology 1

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

Compare Galician Nadal.

Proper noun

Natal m (plural Natais)

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

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

Natal m

  1. Natal (a former colony of the United Kingdom, in southern Africa)
  2. A municipality, the state capital of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Descendants
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