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Sodom and Gomorrah

Sodom and Gomorrah noun: a city or place full of sin and vice.

Noun

Sodom and Gomorrah

  1. (figuratively) A city or place full of sin and vice.
    • Pattaya has a reported 27,000 prostitutes, roughly one for every five people living permanently in the east-coast city that has been likened to a modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah.2017 February 16, Chris Baynes, “Inside the world's sex capital: City dubbed ‘modern day Sodom and Gomorrah’ with highest number of prostitutes anywhere”, in Daily Mirror

Verb

Sodom and Gomorrah (third-person singular simple present Sodom and Gomorrahs, present participle Sodom and Gomorrahing, simple past and past participle Sodom and Gomorrahed)

  1. (slang) To borrow.

Sodom and Gomorrah meaning in Hindi

Sodom and Gomorrah in Hindi

Translations
सदोम और अमोरा sadom aur amorā

Forms of Sodom and Gomorrah

third-person singular presentSodom and Gomorrahs
present participleSodom and Gomorrahing
past participleSodom and Gomorrahed
pastSodom and Gomorrahed

Origin of Sodom and Gomorrah

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.

Questions about Sodom and Gomorrah

What does Sodom and Gomorrah mean?
Sodom and Gomorrah means a city or place full of sin and vice.
What is Sodom and Gomorrah in Hindi?
Sodom and Gomorrah in Hindi is सदोम और अमोरा (sadom aur amorā). See Sodom and Gomorrah meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Sodom and Gomorrah?
Sodom and Gomorrah can be a noun or a verb.

Words near Sodom and Gomorrah in the dictionary

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  8. Sodom and Gomorrahing
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  10. Sodom apple
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