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Sodom
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sodom
English
+ and Gomorrah
Etymology
Partially from en ang Sodome, ang Sodoma, partially from en grc Σόδομα, from the en hbo סְדֹם s'dóm.
Wadham College Chosen for the rhyme.
Pronunciation
en /ˈsɒ.dəm/ UK
sädʹəm US, en /ˈsɑ.dəm/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sodom.wav Southern England
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Sodom.wav US
en ɒdəm UK ɑdəm US 2
en So dom
Proper noun
en biblical Quranic A city in the Middle East which, according to the Bible and Islamic tradition (but not specifically named in the Qur'an), was destroyed by God (along with Gomorrah) for the sins of its inhabitants (especially the implied homosexuality of the men).
en Oxon slang obsolete Wadham College, Oxford.
Derived terms
en Sodomite sodomize apple of Sodom Sea of Sodom Sodom apple Sodom-fruit Sodom egg-plant Sodomic vine of Sodom Sodom and Gomorrah
Related terms
en sodomise sodomite sodomy sodomist
Descendants
pon Sodom 1
Translations
city in the Middle East
Arabic: ar سَدُوم f, ar صَدِيم f
Armenian: hy Սոդոմ
Belarusian: be Садо́м m
Burmese: my သောဒုံမြို့
Catalan: ca Sodoma f
Cherokee: chr ᏐᏓᎻ, chr ᏐᏓᎻᏱ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 所多瑪 so2 do1 maa5, yue 索多瑪 sok3 do1 maa5 Catholic
Hakka: hak 所多瑪 Só-tô-mâ
Hokkien: nan-hbl 所多瑪 Só͘-to-má
Mandarin: cmn 所多瑪 Suǒduōmǎ, cmn 索多瑪 Suǒduōmǎ Catholic
Comorian:
Maore Comorian: swb Suduma
Estonian: et Soodom
Finnish: fi Sodoma
French: fr Sodome m
Galician: gl Sodoma f
Georgian: ka სოდომი
German: de Sodom n
Greek: el Σόδομα f
Ancient Greek: grc Σόδομα n-p, grc Σόδομα f
Hebrew: he סְדוֹם s'dóm
Hindi: hi सदोम
Hungarian: hu Szodoma
Italian: it Sodoma f
Japanese: ja ソドム Sodomu
Kazakh: kk Содом
Korean: ko ^소돔
Latin: la Sodoma f
Middle English: enm Sodome
Persian: fa سدوم sadum
Pohnpeian: pon Sodom
Polish: pl Sodoma f
Portuguese: pt Sodoma f
Russian: ru Содо́м m
Spanish: es Sodoma f
Turkish: tr Sodom
Ukrainian: uk Содо́м m
Noun
A city or place full of sin and vice.
en 1890 Thomas De Witt Talmage Trumpet Peals 92 Take all idea of retribution and punishment out of the hearts and minds of men, and it would not be long before Brooklyn and New York and Boston and Charleston and Chicago became Sodoms.
See also
en Admah Gomorrah Zeboim
References
Wadham College en 1873 John Camden Hotten The Slang Dictionary https://www.gutenberg.org/files/42108/42108-h/42108-h.htm#:~:text=Sodom
Anagrams
en dmoos dooms moods
en Cities Nicknames
Pohnpeian
Etymology
pon :bor en:Sodom
pon en Sodom.
Proper noun
pon proper noun
pon biblical en Sodom
References
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