Hiroshima

hi·ros·hima

UK/hɪ(ə)ˈɹɒʃɪmə/ US/hɪ(ə)ɹəˈʃiːmə/ fairly common

noun

a port city on the southwestern coast of Honshu in Japan; on August 6, 1945 Hiroshima was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area

Origin

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

Related words

Broader terms

port
city

Parts

Honshu

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noun
singular	hiroshima
plural	hiroshimas