[neɪv], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the central part of a church building, intended to accommodate most of the congregation. In traditional Western churches it is rectangular, separated from the chancel by a step or rail, and from adjacent aisles by pillars


Phrases:

Origin:
early 16th century (as navy): perhaps via Italian or Spanish, both denoting a ship and the body of a church, from Latin navis ‘ship’

[neɪv], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the hub of a wheel


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English nafu, nafa, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch naaf and German Nabe, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit nābhis ‘nave, navel’. Compare with navel