omphalos

Example Sentences

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But for classical music, it’s the very omphalos, everything’s sort of seated, and it’s the hub.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2023

Welcome to New York, the imperial omphalos of global capital.

From Slate • Oct. 29, 2014

It reminded me of omphalos syndrome, named from the Greek word for “navel.”

From Slate • Oct. 29, 2014

But while it’s true the omphalos has at times overvalued its influence, it is a billion-dollar center of religious power with sway, like it or not, locally, nationally, and symbolically.

From Slate • Jan. 4, 2013

All day long she sat over a hole in the ground, the omphalos, the navel of the earth, breathing petrochemical fumes escaping from underneath.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides