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GOMORRHA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gomorrha mean? 

GOMORRHA (noun)
  The noun GOMORRHA 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 inhabitantsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GOMORRHA (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 ("Gomorrha" 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)


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