omphalos

[ om-fuh-luhs ]
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noun
  1. the navel; umbilicus.

  2. the central point.

  1. Greek Antiquity. a stone in the temple of Apollo at Delphi, thought to mark the center of the earth.

Origin of omphalos

1
1840–50; <Greek omphalós; akin to navel

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omphalos

/ (ˈɒmfəˌlɒs) /


noun
  1. (in the ancient world) a sacred conical object, esp a stone. The most famous omphalos at Delphi was assumed to mark the centre of the earth

  2. the central point

  1. literary another word for navel

Origin of omphalos

1
Greek: navel

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