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zoar

Syllables: zo·ar/ˈzəʊ.ɑː/US/ˈzoʊ.ɑɹ/

zoar noun: a place of refuge; a sanctuary.

Noun

zoar (plural zoars)

  1. A place of refuge; a sanctuary.
    Synonyms:
    haven, refuge, sanctuary

Proper noun capitalized: Zoar

Zoar

  1. One 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.
  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.

zoar meaning in Tamil

zoar in Tamil

புகலிடம், சரணாலயம்

Synonyms of zoar

Forms of zoar

Noun
pluralzoars
Proper noun
alternative formZoara

Origin of zoar

From Zoar, mentioned in the Bible as the place where Lot fled with his wife and two daughters to escape death when Yahweh destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, from Biblical Hebrew צֹעַר (tso`ar, “insignificance, smallness”).

From Biblical Hebrew צֹעַר (tso`ar, “insignificance, smallness”). Mentioned in the Bible in Genesis 19:22, 23, and 30 as the place where Lot fled with his wife and two daughters to escape death, when Yahweh destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Was present in Old English as Segor.

Words formed from zoar

Questions about zoar

What does zoar mean?
Zoar means a place of refuge; a sanctuary.
What is zoar in Tamil?
Zoar in Tamil is புகலிடம், சரணாலயம். See Zoar meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is zoar?
Zoar can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce zoar?
Zoar is pronounced /ˈzəʊ.ɑː/ (UK).
What is the plural of zoar?
The plural of zoar is zoars.

Words near zoar in the dictionary

  1. zoanthrope
  2. zoanthropes
  3. zoanthropic
  4. zoanthroprosopometamorphopsia
  5. zoanthropy
  6. zoar
  7. zoarchaeologist
  8. zoarchaeologists
  9. zoarcid
  10. zoarcids
  11. zoarcoid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zoar (page history and authors); Zoar (page history and authors); zoar (Tamil Wiktionary) (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.

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