Zoar.
One of the Pentapolis, the five ancient cities in the Jordan valley.
Meaning & usage
One of the Pentapolis, the five ancient cities in the Jordan valley.
A Moravian ghost town in Nunatsiavut, Newfoundland and Labrador.
An unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States.
An unincorporated community in Pike County and Dubois County, Indiana, United States.
A village in the town of Charlemont, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States.
A hamlet in the town of Collins, Erie County, New York, United States.
A village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States.
An unincorporated community in the township of Hamilton, Warren County, Ohio, United States.
A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Menominee County, Wisconsin, United States.
A hamlet in south Cornwall, England.
A village in the Western Cape, South Africa.
Where this word comes from
From Biblical Hebrew צֹעַר (tso`ar, “insignificance, smallness”). Mentioned in the Bible in Genesis 19:22, 23, and 30 as the place where Lot fled with his wife and two daughters to escape death, when Yahweh destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Was present in Old English as Segor.
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