hibakusha
[ hee-buh-koo-shuh; Japanese hee-bah-koo-shah ]
/ ˌhi bəˈku ʃə; Japanese hiˈbɑ kʊˌʃɑ /
noun, plural hi·ba·ku·shas, hi·ba·ku·sha.
a survivor of either of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945.
Nearby words
hiawatha, hiawatha, the song of, hib, hib vaccine, hibachi, hibakusha, hibbing, hibernacle, hibernaculum, hibernal, hibernate
Origin of hibakusha
< Japanese, equivalent to hibaku bombed (hi- suffer + baku- burst open, explode < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese bèi bào) + -sha person < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese chě
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British Dictionary definitions for hibakusha
hibakusha
/ (hɪˈbɑːkʊʃə) /
noun plural -sha or -shas
a survivor of either of the atomic-bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945
Word Origin for hibakusha
C20: from Japanese, from hibaku exposed + -sha -person
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