Hiroshima
[heer-oh-shee-muh, hi-roh-shuh-muh; Japanese hee-raw-shee-mah]
- a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan: first military use of atomic bomb August 6, 1945.
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Examples from the Web for hiroshima
Contemporary Examples
I remember H. Jon Benjamin told me it was a way-too-late apology for Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISISMarlow Stern
January 8, 2015
Not so long ago, Neil Young had come up to the tar sands and compared the devastation to Hiroshima.
At that point, Yuji and his father asked if I would consider attending the annual memorial ceremonies in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Truman’s Grandson & Japan’s A-Bomb Survivors: A Story of ReconciliationClifton Truman Daniel
August 5, 2014
The book is based on the life of Sadako Sasaki, a little girl in Hiroshima sickened by radiation.
Truman’s Grandson & Japan’s A-Bomb Survivors: A Story of ReconciliationClifton Truman Daniel
August 5, 2014
Needless to say, I never expected to know a survivor of Hiroshima, let alone have her sing me “Happy Birthday.”
Truman’s Grandson & Japan’s A-Bomb Survivors: A Story of ReconciliationClifton Truman Daniel
August 5, 2014
Historical Examples
The second example is "Hiroshima and Nagasaki" noted earlier.
Shock and AweHarlan K. Ullman
An epidemic of skipping has swept over Hiroshima like the measles!
Lady of the DecorationFrances Little
Regiment after regiment has poured into Hiroshima and embarked again for Corea.
Lady of the DecorationFrances Little
Hiroshima could just as well have been Memphis or Moscow or Middletown.
Cue for QuietThomas L. Sherred
Like Hiroshima, it was too unexpected, too big, too unimaginable.
Prologue to an AnalogueLeigh Richmond
Hiroshima
- a port in SW Japan, on SW Honshu on the delta of the Ota River: largely destroyed on August 6, 1945, by the first atomic bomb to be used in warfare, dropped by the US, which killed over 75 000 of its inhabitants. Pop: 1 113 786 (2002 est)
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Word Origin and History for hiroshima
Hiroshima
city in Japan, literally "broad island," from Japanese hiro "broad" + shima "island." So called in reference to its situation on the delta of the Ota River.
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Hiroshima
[(heer-uh-shee-muh, huh-roh-shuh-muh)]
A Japanese city on which the United States dropped the first atomic bomb (see also atomic bomb) used in warfare, on August 6, 1945. After the devastation of the bombing, Hiroshima was largely rebuilt.
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Hiroshima
[(hir-uh-shee-muh, hi-roh-shuh-muh)]
City on the southwest coast of Honshu Island, Japan; a commercial and industrial center.
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On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb (see also atomic bomb) ever dropped on a populated area. Followed by the bombing of Nagasaki, on August 9, this show of Allied strength hastened the surrender of Japan in World War II.
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