Etymology

Sodom and Gomorrah

Today it means: A city or place full of sin and vice. Full definition →

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The story

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.

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