Hiroshima

[ heer-oh-shee-muh, hi-roh-shuh-muh; Japanese hee-raw-shee-mah ]

noun

1. a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan: first military use of atomic bomb August 6, 1945.

Hiroshima

/ hɪˈrɒʃɪmə; ˌhɪrɒˈʃiːmə /

noun

1. 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)

Hiroshima

¹

1. 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.

Hiroshima

²

1. City on the southwest coast of Honshu Island, Japan ; a commercial and industrial center.

Notes

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 .

Many survivors of these bombings have suffered from a variety of diseases caused by radiation , such as leukemia .

Example Sentences

On 6 August 1945, the same day the US dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, an English soldier lost his life in a plane crash on the Sperrin mountains.

From BBC

The organisation made up of survivors of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and founded in 1956, was recognised by the Norwegian Nobel Committee for its efforts to rid the world of nuclear weapons.

From BBC

In the case of the 2016 Fighters, they celebrated their victory in the Japan Series in an underground parking lot of a Hiroshima hotel.

From Los Angeles Times

It recounts the two nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6 and 9, 1945, respectively.

From Los Angeles Times

A few years ago, while visiting Hiroshima, Japan, I attended a talk by a well-known peace activist and hibakusha — an atomic bomb survivor.

From Los Angeles Times