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“natal”
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/naˈta.ljɐ/ · Portuguese (Brazil)
01 / Meaning & origin
Natália is a feminine given name documented in Portuguese, Danish, Hungarian and 1 other language. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin Natalia, with the stated meaning “natal”.
Meaning: “natal”
Borrowed from Latin Natalia, from nātālis (“natal”).
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04 / Through time
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Natalia— “Christmas child”
That same 8th of September was chosen by the Greek Church as the festival day of St. Natalia, the devoted wife who attended her husband, St. Adrian, in his martyrdom, with heroism like that of Gertrude von der Wart. He is the same Adrian whose relics filled the Netherlands, and who named so many Dutchmen; but while the West was devoted to the husband and neglected the wife, the East celebrated the wife and forgot the husband. Natalia is one of the favourite Greek Christian…
That same 8th of September was chosen by the Greek Church as the festival day of St. Natalia, the devoted wife who attended her husband, St. Adrian, in his martyrdom, with heroism like that of Gertrude von der Wart. He is the same Adrian whose relics filled the Netherlands, and who named so many Dutchmen; but while the West was devoted to the husband and neglected the wife, the East celebrated the wife and forgot the husband. Natalia is one of the favourite Greek Christian names; Lithuania calls her Nastusche and Naste; Russia, Natalija, Nataschenka, and Natascha; and France has learned the word as Natalie from her Russian visitors. Natalie, however, occurs at Cambrai as early as 1212.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter VII (Names From Holy Days), Section II (Christmas) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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Portuguese writer (1923-1993)
Brazilian volleyball player
Brazilian taekwondo practitioner
Slovak alpine skier
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