Sodom

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈsɒdəm/
• (America) enPR: sädʹəm, IPA: /ˈsɑdəm/

Proper noun

1. (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.

Related terms

• sodomise, sodomize
• Sodomite
• sodomite
• sodomy
• sodomist

Translations

• French: Sodome
• German: Sodom
• Italian: Sodoma
• Portuguese: Sodoma
• Russian: Содо́м
• Spanish: Sodoma

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