omphalos

Plural: omphaloi

Noun

• a scar where the umbilical cord was attached
• 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.

Synonyms

belly button, bellybutton, navel, omphalus, umbilicus