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Natal — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • Christmas noun The Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus, held on December 25th.
  • natal adj Relating to birth or the time and place someone was born.

Senses

Natal is used for these senses in English:

  • Christmas (originally, Christianity) A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs, which in Western Christianity is celebrated on December 25 (Christmas Day) in most places.
  • Natal A former British colony in modern South Africa, existing from 1843 to 1910.
  • natal Of or relating to birth.

Christmas — full definition

  1. noun The Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus, held on December 25th.
  2. adj Coloured red and green, the traditional colours of the holiday.
  3. verb To celebrate or spend the Christmas season somewhere.
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