Natal
Natal as an adjective refers to birth. As a proper noun, Natal may refer to:
Places
As a place name, Natal usually relates to the Portuguese (and subsequently Indonesian) word for Christmas. For example, Vasco da Gama named the South African region of Natal after passing there on Christmas Day 1497, and the village that became Natal, Brazil, was founded on Christmas Day 1599. See also Christmas Island (disambiguation).
- Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, a city in Brazil
- Mandailing Natal Regency, a regency in Indonesia
- Natal, North Sumatra, a town in the above regency
- Batang Natal, North Sumatra, a town in the above regency
- Natal, British Columbia, a coal-mining community in the East Kootenay region of Canada
- Natal, South Africa, a region in South Africa
Other
- Natal Banana Frog, a species of frog (Afrixalus spinifrons)
- Natal Carbineers, an infantry regiment of the South African Army
- Natal de Carvalho Baroni, a Brazilian football player
- Natal Dwarf Puddle Frog, a species of frog (Phrynobatrachus natalensis)
- Natal Field Artillery, an artillery regiment of the South African Army
- Natal Ghost Frog, a species of frog (Heleophryne natalensis)
- NATAL Israel, Israel's Trauma Center for Victims of Terror and War
- Natal Mounted Rifles, an armoured regiment of the South African Army
- Natal Native Contingent, a large force of black auxiliary soldiers in British South Africa during the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War
- Natal Observatory, an astronomical observatory in the Colony of Natal from 1882 to 1911
- Natal Sand Frog, a species of frog (Tomopterna natalensis)
- Natal Sharks, the Natal rugby union team
- Kinect (code name Project Natal), a motion-based control system for the Xbox 360 video game console
- Natal Day, a civic holiday in Canada
See also