Natal

== 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 nada, natal, née, and Noel. === Proper noun === Natal A former British colony in modern South Africa, existing from 1843 to 1910. A former province of South Africa, reorganized in 1994 into the modern province of KwaZulu-Natal. A municipality, the state capital of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== Natal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === alant == Indonesian == === Alternative forms === natal === Etymology === From Malay Natal, from Portuguese Natal, from Old Galician-Portuguese Natal, from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈnatal/ [ˈna.t̪al] Rhymes: -atal Syllabification: Na‧tal === Proper noun === Natal (Christianity) Christmas (festival observed on December 25 commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ) === Further reading === “Natal”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == 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): [na.tal] Rhymes: -tal, -al Hyphenation: Na‧tal === Proper noun === Natal (Jawi spelling ناتل) (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. ==== 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 === "Natal" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Alternative forms === Nadal === Etymology === Inherited from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”). === Proper noun === Natal m Christmas ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Galician: Nadal Portuguese: Natal (see there for further descendants) === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “Natal”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega DDGM, “natal”, “nadal” UC, “Natal” VPM, “natal” == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -aw, (Portugal) -al Hyphenation: Na‧tal Homophone: natal === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Natal, from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”). Doublet of natal and Noel. Compare Galician Nadal. ==== Alternative forms ==== natal ==== Proper noun ==== Natal m (plural Natais) Christmas (festival observed on December 25 commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === From Natal (“Christmas”): The region in South Africa was discovered by the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama on Christmas Day, 1497; The capital of Rio Grande do Norte was founded in 25 December 1599. ==== Proper noun ==== Natal f Natal (a former British colony in modern South Africa, existing from 1843 to 1910) Natal (a former province of South Africa, reorganized in 1994 into the modern province of KwaZulu-Natal) Natal (a municipality, the state capital of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → English: Natal → Gujarati: નાતાલ (nātāl) ==== Proper noun ==== Natal m a river in Acre, Brazil === Further reading === “Natal”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “Natal”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026