Sodom and Gomorrah

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Sodom and Gomorrah

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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.

noun

  1. figuratively A city or place full of sin and vice. Pattaya has a reported 27,000 prostitutes, roughly one for every five people living permanently in the east-coast city that has been likened to a modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah.

verb Sodom and Gomorrahs · Sodom and Gomorrahing · Sodom and Gomorrahed

  1. slang To borrow.

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EspañolSodoma y Gomorra
中文所多瑪與蛾摩拉 /所多玛与蛾摩拉 Suǒduōmǎ yǔ Émólà
हिन्दीसदोम और अमोरा sadom aur amorā
PortuguêsSodoma e Gomorra
DeutschSodom und Gomorrha

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@misc{sodom_and_gomorrah_2026,
  title = {Sodom and Gomorrah},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sodom%20and%20gomorrah},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}