SODOM

Sodom

(noun) (Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Gomorrah) was destroyed by God for the wickedness of its inhabitants

sodom

(noun) any location known for vice and corruption

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Sodom

(biblical, Quranic) A city in the Middle East which, according to the Bible and Islamic tradition, not specifically named in the Qur'an, was destroyed by God (along with Gomorrah) for the sins of its inhabitants.

Anagrams

• dooms, moods

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Word of the Day

29 April 2024

SUBDUCTION

(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate


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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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