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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Natal \Na"tal\ (n[=a]"tal), adjective [L. natalis, fr. natus, p. p. of nasci to be born: cf. F. natal. See {Nation}, and cf. {Noel}.]
1. Of or pertaining to one's birth; accompying or dating from one's birth; native.
Princes' children took names from their natal places. --Camden.
Propitious star, whose sacred power Presided o'er the monarch's natal hour. --Prior.
2. (Astrol.) Presiding over nativity; as, natal Jove.
Syn: Native, natural. See {Native}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
natal
adjective
1: relating to or accompanying birth; "natal injuries"; "natal day"; "natal influences"
2: of or relating to the buttocks
noun
1: a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean
2: a port city in northeastern Brazil
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "natal": abecedarian, aboriginal, antenatal, autochthonous, beginning, budding, creative, elemental, elementary, embryonic, endemic, fetal, formative, foundational, fundamental, gestatory, homebred, homegrown, in embryo, in its infancy, in the bud, inaugural, inceptive, inchoate, inchoative, incipient, incunabular, indigenous, infant, infantile, initial, initiative, initiatory, introductory, inventive, nascent, native, native-born, original, parturient, postnatal, pregnant, prenatal, primal, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primogenial, procreative, rudimental, rudimentary, ur, vernacular
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