zoar
nounUK /ˈzəʊ.ɑː/ · US /ˈzoʊ.ɑɹ/
Etymology From Zoar, mentioned in the Bible as the place where Lot fled with his wife and two daughters to escape death when Yahweh destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, from Biblical Hebrew צֹעַר (tso`ar, “insignificance, smallness”).
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A place of refuge; a sanctuary.