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

1. (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

• Gomorrahy
• Gomorran
• Gomorrite
• Sodom and Gomorrah

 

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