zoar

plural zoars

1. A place of refuge; a sanctuary.

   Synonyms: haven, refuge, sanctuary

alternative Zoara

1. biblicalOne of the Pentapolis, the five ancient cities in the Jordan valley.

   And Lot lifted vp his eyes, and beheld all the plaine of Iordane, that it was well watered euery where before the Lord destroyed Sodome and Gomorah, euen as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou commest vnto Zoar.

   1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 13:10

2. A Moravian ghost town in Nunatsiavut, Newfoundland and Labrador.First known use 1865
3. An unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Pike County and Dubois County, Indiana, United States.
5. A village in the town of Charlemont, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States.
6. A hamlet in the town of Collins, Erie County, New York, United States.
7. A village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States.
8. An unincorporated community in the township of Hamilton, Warren County, Ohio, United States.
9. A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Menominee County, Wisconsin, United States.
10. A hamlet in south Cornwall, England.
11. A village in the Western Cape, South Africa.