omphalos

Meaning of omphalos

noun

An ancient religious stone artifact, or baetylus, used to denote the direction of the "center" of the world.
The theological proposition that the world was created with certain indicia of a history which had not actually occurred (such as the humans who had never been connected to umbilical cords being created with navels).
The navel.
A raised central point; a boss.
The center or hub.

Information about omphalos

It is a name.
Languages in which omphalos is used:
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- English
- French

Hyphenation of omphalos

om-pha-los

It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
omphalos is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

omphalos synonyms

Meaning navel:

navel, umbilicus, bellybutton, omphalus

Translation of omphalos

French: nombril, ombilic
German: Nabel
Spanish: ombligo
Italian: umbilico, ombelico
Portuguese: umbigo

Words that rhyme with omphalos

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