Sodom may refer to:
Places
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Sodom and Gomorrah
Sodom and Gomorrah () were two legendary biblical cities destroyed by God for their wickedness. Their story parallels the Genesis flood narrative in its theme of God's anger provoked by man's sin (see Genesis 19:1–28). They are mentioned frequ ...
, cities mentioned in the Book of Genesis
United States
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Sodom, Kentucky
Sodom is a ghost town in Woodford County, Kentucky, United States.
Sodom was located a few hundred yards downstream from Fishers Mill road were there was a covered bridge, built in 1810 and replaced in 1947. The town was established in 1825 b ...
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Sodom, New York
Sodom is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet in Putnam County, New York, Putnam County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York.
According to one account, the hamlet was so named on account of the rowdy character of its first inhabitants. A varian ...
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Sodom, Ohio
Sodom is an unincorporated community in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It co ...
, an unincorporated community
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Sodom, West Virginia
Sodom is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers clas ...
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Adamant, Vermont
Adamant is a small, unincorporated community in the town of Calais in Washington County, Vermont, United States, in the central part of Vermont.
The village is situated on the town line between Calais to the north and East Montpelier to th ...
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Revere, North Carolina or Sodom
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North Canaan, Connecticut
North Canaan is a town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
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United Kingdom
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Sodom, Shetland
Sodom (known locally as Sudheim) is a settlement on Whalsay, Shetland. The name is a corruption of the Old Norse ''Suðheim'' meaning "south home". It was formerly the home of Hugh MacDiarmid
Christopher Murray Grieve (11 August 1892 – 9 S ...
, Scotland, UK
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Sodom, Wiltshire, a community near Dauntsey, Wiltshire, UK
Elsewhere
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Sodom, Ontario
Sodom, Ontario, was a small Canadian logging industry-based community that existed in the last quarter of the 19th and first half of the 20th century. It was located on the boundary between the present day municipalities of South Huron and Bluewa ...
, Canada
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Mount Sodom
Mount Sodom ( he, הר סדום, ''Har Sedom'') is a hill along the southwestern part of the Dead Sea in Israel; it is part of the Judaean Desert Nature Reserve. It takes its name from the legendary city of Sodom, whose destruction is the subj ...
or Mount Sedom, Israel
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Winschoten
Winschoten (; gos, Winschoot) is a city with a population of 18,518 in the municipality of Oldambt in the northeast of the Netherlands. It is the largest city in the region of Oldambt in the province of Groningen which has 38,213 inhabitants.
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or Sodom, Netherlands
Entertainment
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Sodom (band)
Sodom is a German thrash metal band from Gelsenkirchen, formed in 1981. They have gone through many lineup changes, leaving bassist/vocalist Tom Angelripper as the only constant member. The band is currently composed of Angelripper, guitarists ...
, a thrash metal band
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''Sodom'' (album), an album by Sodom
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Sodom, or the Quintessence of Debauchery
''Sodom'' is an obscene Restoration closet drama, published in 1684. The work has been attributed to John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, though its authorship is disputed. Determining the date of composition and attribution are complicated owing m ...
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Sodom (''Final Fight''), a character in ''Final Fight'' and ''Street Fighter'' series
Other
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Sodomy
Sodomy () or buggery (British English) is generally anal or oral sex between people, or sexual activity between a person and a non-human animal ( bestiality), but it may also mean any non- procreative sexual activity. Originally, the term ''sodo ...
, the sexual practice allegedly common in the Biblical Sodom.
See also
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Sodom and Gomorrah (disambiguation)
Sodom and Gomorrah were infamous Biblical cities.
Sodom and Gomorrah may also refer to:
* ''Sodom and Gomorrah'' (1922 film), an Austrian silent movie
* ''Sodom and Gomorrah'' (1962 film), a Franco-Italian-American movie
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