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noun
- a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan: first military use of atomic bomb August 6, 1945.
noun
- 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)
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.
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.
City on the southwest coast of Honshu Island, Japan; a commercial and industrial center.