Gomorrah

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γόμορρᾰ (Gómorrha), from Biblical Hebrew עֲמֹרָה (ʿămōrā).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈmɔː.ɹə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈmɔɹ.ə/
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Rhymes: -ɔːɹə
Hyphenation: Go‧mor‧rah

Proper noun

Gomorrah

(biblical, Quranic) A city in the Middle East which, according to the Hebrew Bible and to Islamic tradition, was destroyed by God (along with Sodom) for the sins of its inhabitants.

Derived terms

Translations

city in the Middle East

Arabic: عَامُورَاء f (ʕāmūrāʔ), عُمَيْرَا (ʕumayrā), عَمُورَة f (ʕamūra)
Armenian: Գոմոր (Gomor)
Catalan: Gomorra f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 蛾摩拉 (ngo⁴ mo¹ laai¹), 哈摩辣 (haa¹ mo¹ laat⁶) (Catholic)

Hakka: 蛾摩拉 (Ngò-mô-lâ)

Hokkien: 蛾摩拉 (Gô-mô͘-lia̍p, Gô-mô͘-la̍h, Gô-mô͘-la)

Mandarin: 蛾摩拉 (zh) (Émólā), 哈摩辣 (zh) (Hāmólà) (Catholic)
Finnish: Gomorra
French: Gomorrhe (fr) f
German: Gomorrha n, Gomorra n, Gomorrhah n
Greek: Γόμορρα (Gómorra)
Ancient: Γόμορρα f (Gómorrha), Γόμορρα n pl (Gómorrha)
Hebrew: עֲמוֹרָה ('amorá)
Hindi: अमोरा (amorā)
Hungarian: Gomora
Italian: Gomorra f
Japanese: ゴモラ (Gomora)
Kazakh: Ғомора (Ğomora)
Latin: Gomorra f
Polish: Gomora (pl) m
Portuguese: Gomorra
Russian: Гомо́рра (ru) f (Gomórra)
Turkish: Gomora

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