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How to pronounce nave in English?

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I ignore his advice and traverse the echoing acreage of paving to the left nave.
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Both Garden Grove and Trinity Reformed also serve worshipers seated in the nave.
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The nave dates to about 1128 and the rib vaults of the nave are from about 1140.
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The interior has a nave and two aisles, divided by sixteen columns with arcades.
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The nave, with twin western turrets, and the apse of the church no longer stand.
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The nave was also made five meters longer, and the atrium in the west was built.
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Bishop King planned a smaller church, covering the area of the Norman nave only.
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It has a single, airy nave, with stucco decorations from the early 18th century.
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The church has a four-bay nave with aisles, and its chancel is at a lower level.
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  • The central area of a church
  • In Romanesque and Gothic Christian abbey, cathedral basilica and church architecture, the nave is the central approach to the high altar, the main body of the church. "Nave" (Medieval Latin navis, "ship") was probably suggested by the keel shape of its vaulting. ...
  • Nave is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy, Italy. The commune is bounded by the communes of Brescia, Caino, Lumezzane and Bovezzo. It is located in the Garza valley. Note: this list must be checked, it appears to lack Concesio and Serle while Brescia may be spurious
  • The Nave is a river in France, located in the department of Pas-de-Calais. It has its source in Nu00E9donchel, then flows into the Clarence up to Gonnehem after a course of 22 kilometres (14u00A0mi).
  • A nave is the middle or body of a church, or (etymologically unrelated) the hub of a wheel.
  • (Naves (Llanes)) Naves is one of 28 parishes (administrative divisions) in Llanes, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.
  • The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances
  • The center, the church proper of an Orthodox Church, where the faithful remain to observe the liturgy and other services.
  • The tall central space of a church or cathedral, usually flanked by side aisles.