The place name is transliterated as «Gomorrah» in English means «people of fear,» «fear of the people,» «a rebellious people,» «depression,» «bondage.» (Source: Cornwall / Smith 1997 ) #

It is transliterated in Mandarin Chinese as émólā (蛾摩拉) in the Protestant tradition. This is an interesting transliteration because the first character é (蛾) has a negative connotation with the meaning of «moth.» This character is only used here in the Protestant Chinese Bible. For many other transliterations the more neutral character 俄 with the same pronunciation is used. (Source: Zetzsche)