What is the meaning of navel?

A scar where the umbilical cord was attached.
- usage: "you were not supposed to show your navel on television"; "they argued whether or not Adam had a navel"; "she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton"
- synonyms: umbilicus, bellybutton, belly button, omphalos, omphalus
The center point or middle of something.
- usage: "the Incas believed that Cuzco was the navel of the universe"
- synonyms: navel point

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