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natal

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"Related to birth"

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈneɪtəl/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted aalntStarts with NEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Related to birth or the circumstances around being born.

Word origin

From Middle English natal, natale (“native, one’s own; inherited; presiding over birthdays or births”), from Classical Latin nātālis (“natal”), from nātus, perfect active participle of nāscor (“to be born”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-. Doublet of nada, Natal, née, and Noel.

Used in a sentence

  • Sea turtles return to their natal beaches to nest.
  • The constituents of the nation are a land and a people: the "natal", which is not necessarily innate, and the "popular," which is not necessarily pregiven.

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