hiroshima

Hi-ro-shi-ma · noun

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Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A city in southwestern Japan, historically significant as the first city to be attacked with a nuclear weapon on August 6, 1945.

  2. 2.

    (by extension) A symbol of nuclear devastation or catastrophic destruction.

Related words

See also: Nagasaki, atomic bomb, nuclear

Etymology

From Japanese Hiroshima (meaning "wide island"), from hiro ("wide") + shima ("island").