Hiroshima

Borrowed from Japanese 広(ひろ)島(しま) (Hiroshima).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /hɪ(ə)ˈɹɒʃɪmə/, /hɪ(ə)ɹəˈʃiːmə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /hɪˈɹoʊʃɪmə/, /hɪɹoʊˈʃiːmə/

Hiroshima

2. A prefecture in southwestern Honshu, Japan.
4. The capital city of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan; the target of the first atomic bomb dropped in warfare on August 6, 1945.
   • 1945 August 6, Harry S. Truman, 0:18 from the start, in VT2008-9-2 President Truman Announces Bombing of Hiroshima‎^[1], Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 23630, archived from the original on 02 November 2021:

     A short time ago, an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy.

   • 2020 August 6, Brad Lendon, “Hiroshima after 75 years: Walking the path of the atomic bomb”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     This slab is where the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 years ago were put together. It’s the assembly point for the dawning of the atomic age.

   • 2023 May 18, Reuters, “Chipmakers look to Japan as worries about China grow”, in CNN Business‎^[3]:

     Kishida told the executives, including those from Micron Technology Inc (MU), Intel Corp (INTC) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSM) (TSMC), that stabilizing supply chains would be a topic of discussion at the G7 talks in the western city of Hiroshima.

5. The 1945 atomic bombing of the city.
   • 2004, Stuart Beattie, Collateral, DreamWorks Pictures:

     VINCENT: Tens of thousands killed before sundown; nobody's killed people that fast since Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The bomb dropped on Hiroshima, was the uranium-fired Little Boy. Three days later, Nagasaki was nuked. These remain, as of 2024, the only time nuclear bombs have actually been fired off in anger.

Hiroshima

1. (figuratively) A catastrophe.
   • 2011 April, Michael Joseph Gross, “A Declaration of Cyber-War”, in Vanity Fair:

     Stuxnet is the Hiroshima of cyber-war.

• Hiroschima

• IPA^(key): /hiˈʁɔʃima/, (rare) /hiʁoˈʃiːma/

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Hiroshima n (proper noun, genitive Hiroshimas or (optionally with an article) Hiroshima)

1. Hiroshima (a prefecture in southwestern Honshu, Japan)
2. Hiroshima (the capital city of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan; the target of the first atomic bomb dropped in warfare on August 6, 1945)

Hiroshima

1. Rōmaji transcription of ひろしま

Unadapted borrowing from English Hiroshima.

• IPA^(key): /xi.rɔˈɕi.ma/, /xi.rɔˈʂi.ma/
• Rhymes: -ima
• Syllabification: Hi‧ro‧shi‧ma

Hiroshima f (related adjective hiroshimski)

1. alternative spelling of Hiroszima:
   1. Hiroshima (a prefecture in southwestern Honshu, Japan)
   2. Hiroshima (the capital city of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan; the target of the first atomic bomb dropped in warfare on August 6, 1945)

• Hiroshima in PWN's encyclopedia

Hiroshima f

1. alternative form of Hiroxima:
   1. Hiroshima (a prefecture in southwestern Honshu, Japan)
   2. Hiroshima (the capital city of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan; the target of the first atomic bomb dropped in warfare on August 6, 1945)