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Synonyms of navel
a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
- a city that likes to regard itself as the nation's navel of art and culture
Synonyms for navel
Words Related to navel
- attraction,
- lodestone
- (also loadstone),
- magnet,
- polestar
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The first known use of navel was before the 12th century
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