Sodom

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σόδομα (Sódoma), from the Biblical Hebrew סדם‎ (Sedom).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒdəm/
(US) enPR: sädʹəm, IPA^(key): /ˈsɑdəm/

Proper noun

Sodom

(biblical, quranic) A city in the Middle East which, according to the Bible and Islamic tradition, not specifically named in the Qur'an, was destroyed by God (along with Gomorrah) for the sins of its inhabitants.

Derived terms

apple of Sodom
Sodom apple
Sodom-fruit
Sodom egg-plant

Sodomic
vine of Sodom

Related terms

Translations

city in the Middle East

Arabic: سَدُوم‎‎ m (sadūm)
Armenian: Սոդոմ (Sodom)
Catalan: Sodoma f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 所多瑪 (zh), 所多玛 (zh) (Suǒduōmǎ)
Finnish: Sodoma
French: Sodome (fr) m
Galician: Sodoma f
German: Sodom (de) n
Greek: Σόδομα (Sódoma)
Ancient: Σόδομα (Sódoma)

Hebrew: סדום‎‎ (he)
Italian: Sodoma f
Japanese: ソドム (Sodomu)
Latin: Sodoma f
Maore Comorian: Suduma
Persian: سدوم‎‎ (fa) (Sadum)
Portuguese: Sodoma
Russian: Содо́м (ru) m (Sodóm)
Spanish: Sodoma (es) f
Turkish: Sodom

See also

Admah
Gomorrah

Zeboim

Anagrams

dooms, moods

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