English Explanatory Dictionary

Sodom and Gomorrah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A city or place full of sin and vice.
verb
  1. To borrow.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Sodom and Gomorrah.wav

Word forms

Sodom and Gomorrah Sodom and Gomorrahs Sodom and Gomorrahing Sodom and Gomorrahed

Etymology

From the names of the cities in the Middle East which, according to the Hebrew Bible and to Islamic tradition, were destroyed by God for the sins of their inhabitants. More at Sodom and Gomorrah.

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