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navel

/ˈneɪvəl/ noun

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In Latin: umbilīcus Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about navel at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.
  2. The central part or point of anything; the middle.
  3. A navel orange.

verb

  1. To be in the middle of a landscape.

Origin

From Middle English navel, navele, from Old English nafola, from Proto-West Germanic *nabulō, from Proto-Germanic *nabalô (“navel”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰōl (“navel”), diminutive of *h₃nebʰ- (“hub; navel”).

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