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No·el

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–noun

1.	the Christmas season; yuletide.

2.	(lowercase) a Christmas song or carol.

3.	a male given name.

[Origin: 1805–15; < F ≪ L nātālis (diés) birthday; see natal

]

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No·ël also No·el Audio Help (nō-ěl') Pronunciation Key
n.

Christmas.
noël also noel A Christmas carol.

[Middle English noel, from Old French, variant of nael, from Latin nātālis (diēs), (day) of birth, from nātus, past participle of nāscī, to be born; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Noel

c.1390, from M.E. nowel, from O.Fr. noel "the Christmas season," var. of nael, from L. natalis (dies) "birth (day)," in Eccles. L. in reference to the birthday of Christ, from natus, pp. of nasci "be born."

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noel
noun
period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 [syn: Christmas]

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Noel, Nowell, Noël [nouˈel] noun

an old word for Christmas

Arabic:	عيد الميلاد
Chinese (Simplified):	圣诞节
Chinese (Traditional):	聖誕節
Czech:	Vánoce
Danish:	jul
Dutch:	Kerstmis
Estonian:	jõulud
Finnish:	joulu
French:	Noël
German:	das Weihnachten
Greek:	Χριστούγεννα (αρχ.)
Hungarian:	karácsony
Icelandic:	jól
Indonesian:	Natal
Italian:	Natale

Japanese:	クリスマス
Korean:	크리스마스
Latvian:	Ziemassvētki
Lithuanian:	Kalëdos
Norwegian:	jul
Polish:	Boże Narodzenie, Gwiazdka
Portuguese (Brazil):	Natal
Portuguese (Portugal):	Natal
Romanian:	Crăciun
Russian:	рождество
Slovak:	Vianoce
Slovenian:	božič
Spanish:	Navidad
Swedish:	jul
Turkish:	Noel

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Noel, MO (city, FIPS 52742) Location: 36.54503 N, 94.48718 W
Population (1990): 1169 (571 housing units)
Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 64854

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Noel

Na"tal\, a. [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. (Actrol.) Presiding over nativity; as, natal Jove.

Syn: Native, natural. See Native.

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NOEL
no observable effects level

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