GOMORRAH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gomorrah mean? 

• GOMORRAH (noun)
  The noun GOMORRAH has 1 sense:

1. (Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Sodom) was destroyed by God for the vice and depravity of its inhabitants

  Familiarity information: GOMORRAH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOMORRAH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Sodom) was destroyed by God for the vice and depravity of its inhabitants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Gomorrah; Gomorrha

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Domain category:

Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)

Holonyms ("Gomorrah" is a part of...):

Israel; Sion; State of Israel; Yisrael; Zion (Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine)