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Sodom

//ˈsɑ.dəm// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    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.
  2. 2
    Wadham College, Oxford. obsolete
Noun
  1. 1
    A city or place full of sin and vice.

    "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."

  2. 2
    any location known for vice and corruption wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Partially from Old English Sodome, Sodoma, partially from Ancient Greek Σόδομα (Sódoma), from the Biblical Hebrew סְדֹם (s'dóm). (Wadham College): Chosen for the rhyme.

Etymology 2

Partially from Old English Sodome, Sodoma, partially from Ancient Greek Σόδομα (Sódoma), from the Biblical Hebrew סְדֹם (s'dóm). (Wadham College): Chosen for the rhyme.

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