capharnaüm

Concepts

shambles

abattoir

babel

butchery

limbo

slaughterhouse

Synonyms

abattoir

bordel

boucherie

pagaille

Translations

macello

guazzabuglio

karmakarışık yer

çıfıt çarşısı

σφαγείο

ammazzatoio

incasinato

mattatoio

scannatoio

rommel

مذْبح

açougue

matadouro

abatedouro

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ka.faʁ.na.ɔm/

Etymology

From Latin Capharnāum, the Biblical town Capernaum in Galilee. The sense derives from the Biblical story of the healing of a paralytic (Luke 5:17–26; Mark 2:1–12), in which a crowd of people assembles when Jesus visits Capernaum.