Natal

NATAL or Natal can be:

Places

  • Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, a city in Brazil
  • Natal, South Africa (disambiguation), 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, a province (since 1994)
  • Mandailing Natal Regency, a regency in Indonesia
    • Natal, North Sumatra, a town in the above regency
  • Natal, Iran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran
  • Natal, British Columbia, a coal-mining community in the East Kootenay region of Canada

Biology

  • Of or relating to birth
  • Natal banana frog, a species of frog (Afrixalus spinifrons)
  • Natal dwarf puddle frog, a species of frog (Phrynobatrachus natalensis)
  • Natal ghost frog, a species of frog (Heleophryne natalensis)
  • Natal sand frog, a species of frog (Tomopterna natalensis)

Military

  • Ingobamakhosi Carbineers, an infantry regiment of the South African Army, formerly known as the Natal Carbineers
  • King Cetshwayo Artillery Regiment, an artillery regiment of the South African Army,
  • Queen Nandi Mounted Rifles, an armoured regiment of the South African Army, formerly known as the Natal Mounted Rifles
  • Natal Native Contingent, a large force of black auxiliary soldiers in British South Africa during the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War
  • Natal (ship), two warships
    • HMS Natal

Sports

  • KwaZulu-Natal cricket team, South African cricket team
  • Sharks, the Natal rugby union team, South Africa

Other

  • "Natal" (song), a 1991 single by Chico & Roberta
  • Natal de Carvalho Baroni (born 1945), Brazilian football player
  • Natal Day, a civic holiday in Canada
  • NATAL Israel, Israel's Trauma Center for Victims of Terror and War
  • Natal Observatory, an astronomical observatory in the Colony of Natal from 1882 to 1911
  • Apostolic Vicariate of Natal, a former Catholic missionary jurisdiction, South Africa
  • Kinect (code name Project Natal), a motion-based control system for the Xbox 360 video game console
  • Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Natal, archdiocese in Brazil
  • University of Natal, South Africa
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