Natal
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Natal as an adjective refers to birth. As a proper noun, Natal may refer to:
- Places
Natal as a place name usually relates to the fact that Natal is the Portuguese word for Christmas. For example, Vasco da Gama named the South African region of Natal after his landing 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
- Natal, Indonesia, a town on Sumatra, in Indonesia
- Natal, South Africa, a region in South Africa
- Natalia Republic, a former country (1839-1843)
- Colony of Natal, a former British colony (1843-1910)
- Natal Province, a former province (1910-1994)
- KwaZulu-Natal Province, a province (since 1994)
- Natal cricket team, now the KwaZulu-Natal cricket team
- Natal rugby union team, now the Natal Sharks
- Other
- Natal de Carvalho Baroni, a Brazilian football player
- Vicariate Apostolic of Natal, a former Catholic missionary jurisdiction
- Project Natal, a motion-based control system for the Xbox 360 video game console
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