Word.ws English Dictionary

Gomorrah

Syllables: Go·mor·rah/ɡəˈmɔː.ɹə/US/ɡəˈmɔɹ.ə/

Gomorrah proper noun: 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.

Proper noun

Gomorrah

  1. 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.

Gomorrah meaning in Hindi and Arabic

Gomorrah in Hindi

city in the Middle East
अमोरा amorā

Gomorrah in Arabic

city in the Middle East
عَامُورَاء ʕāmūrāʔ, عُمَيْرَا ʕumayrā, عَمُورَة ʕamūra, غَامُورَاء ḡāmūrāʔ, غُمَيْرَا ḡumayrā, غَمُورَة ḡamūra

Origin of Gomorrah

From Ancient Greek Γόμορρᾰ (Gómorrhă), from Biblical Hebrew עֲמֹרָה (ʿămōrā).

Words formed from Gomorrah

Words that rhyme with Gomorrah

13 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about Gomorrah

What does Gomorrah mean?
Gomorrah means 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.
What is Gomorrah in Hindi?
Gomorrah in Hindi is अमोरा (amorā). See Gomorrah meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Gomorrah?
Gomorrah is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Gomorrah?
Gomorrah is pronounced /ɡəˈmɔː.ɹə/ (UK).

Words near Gomorrah in the dictionary

  1. gommier
  2. gommiers
  3. gomo
  4. gomoku
  5. gomophioside
  6. Gomorrah
  7. Gomorrahy
  8. Gomorran
  9. Gomorrans
  10. Gomorrhean
  11. Gomorrheans

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Gomorrah (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gomorrah.wav.

Cite this entry: “Gomorrah.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/gomorrah. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.