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The term ''nave'' is from ''navis'', the [[Latin]] word for ''ship'', an early Christian symbol of the [[Christian Church|Church]] as a whole, with a possible connection to the "ship of [[St. Peter]]" or the [[Ark of Noah]].<ref name="Brit"/><ref name="CathEnc"/><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.jesuswalk.com/christian-symbols/ship.htm| title= Ship as a Symbol of the Church (Bark of St. Peter)| website= JesusWalk.com| accessdate= 11 February 2015}}</ref> The term may also have been suggested by the keel shape of the [[Vault (architecture)|vaulting]] of a church. In many Scandinavian and Baltic countries a model ship is commonly found hanging in the nave of a church,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sidneyherald.com/archives/ship-hangs-in-balance-at-pella-evangelical-lutheran-church/article_9485d09f-e314-5f3e-b071-0cf8b2059dd7.html|title=Ship hangs in balance at Pella Evangelical Lutheran Church|author=|date=10 June 2008|work= [[Sidney Herald]]| location= [[Sidney, Montana]] |accessdate=3 January 2016}}</ref> and in some languages the same word means both 'nave' and 'ship', as for instance Danish ''[[wikt:skib|skib]]'' or, Swedish ''[[wikt:skepp|skepp]]'' or [[Spanish]](''nave'').