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Meaning of Sodom | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈsɒ.dəm/

Definitions

  1. A city in the Middle East which, according to the Bible and Islamic tradition, but not specifically named in the Qur'an, was destroyed by God (along with Gomorrah) for the sins of its inhabitants.
  2. A city or place full of sin and vice.
  3. Wadham College, Oxford.
    obsolete

Equivalents

العربية سَدُوم صَدِيم
Deutsch Sodom
Ελληνικά Σόδομα
Español Sodoma
Français Sodome
עברית סדום
Italiano Sodoma
日本語 ソドム
한국어 소돔
Polski Sodoma
Português Sodoma
Русский содом

Examples

“Take all idea of retribution and punishment out of the hearts and minds of men, and it would not be long before Brooklyn and New York and Boston and Charleston and Chicago became Sodoms.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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