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Definition of Sodom and Gomorrah noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Sodom and Gomorrah

noun
 
/ˌsɒdəm ən ɡəˈmɒrə/
 
/ˌsɑːdəm ən ɡəˈmɔːrə/
[singular]
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  1. a place that is full of people behaving in a sexually immoral way
    • The village had a reputation as a latter-day Sodom and Gomorrah.
    Word OriginFrom the names of two cities in the Bible which were destroyed by God to punish the people for their sexually immoral behaviour.
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