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omphalos
noun
[ ˈɒmfəlɒs ]
• the centre or hub of something.
• "this was the omphalos of confusion"
• (in ancient Greece) a conical stone (especially that at Delphi) representing the navel of the earth.
Origin:
Greek, literally ‘navel, boss’.