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    [Noun]  | "om*pha*los" | \ ˈäm(p)-fə-ˌläs \


    1: a central point : hub, focal point

    Origin: 1845 ;

     Borrowed from Greek omphalós "navel, umbilical cord, central point, boss, knob," going back to Indo-European 3n̥bh-l̥-o-, derivative with an -l- formative and zero-grade ablaut from the base *h3nobh- "hub of a wheel, {see: |nave:1|nave:1}" {mat|navel|};

    [Noun]  | "omphali" 


    1: a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest;


      * e.g., " ... during the Vietnam War the university's campus effectively became the area's omphalos for antiwar activity "



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    [Noun]  | "omphalos" 


    1: a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest;


      * e.g., " ... during the Vietnam War the university's campus effectively became the area's omphalos for antiwar activity "



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