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   Na·vel

   /ˈnāv(ə)l/

   

   noun

   • 1. a rounded knotty depression in the center of a person's belly caused by the detachment of the umbilical cord after birth; the umbilicus. Similar informal:belly buttontummy buttontechnical:umbilicus
   • ▪ the central point of a place: "the Incas saw Cuzco as the navel of the world" Similar centercentral pointmiddlemidpointhubnubfocal pointfocuspivotnucleusheartcoreeyerare:omphalos

   Word Origin Old Englishnafela, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch navel and German Nabel, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin umbo ‘boss of a shield’, umbilicus ‘navel’, and Greek omphalos ‘boss, navel’. Compare with nave2.

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