natal

Noun

a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean
- "Natal was renamed KwaZulu-Natal in 1994"
a port city in northeastern Brazil

Adjective

Relating to one's birth or the place of birth.
relating to or accompanying birth
- "natal injuries"
- "natal day"
- "natal influences"
of or relating to the buttocks

Adj

Of or relating to birth.
Of or relating to the buttocks.

Examples

Discovering the word NATAL on my rack felt like a new beginning for my Scrabble score.
Sea turtles return to their natal beaches to nest.

Origin / Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós
Proto-Italic *gnātos
Latin gnātus
Latin nātus
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin nātālisbor.
English natal
Borrowed from Latin nātālis (“natal”), from nātus, perfect active participle of nāscor (“I am born”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-. Doublet of Noel.

Synonyms

KwaZulu-Natal, natal

Scrabble Score: 5

natal: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
natal: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
natal: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

natal: valid Words With Friends Word