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Hiroshima does not look like a bombed city. It looks as if a monster steamroller had passed over it and squashed it out of existence.
Wilfred Burchett

Meaning of "Hiroshima" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HIROSHIMA

Hiroshima  [ˌhɪrɒˈʃiːmə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIROSHIMA

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Hiroshima is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HIROSHIMA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hiroshima

Hiroshima

Hiroshima (広島市, Hiroshima-shi?) ( listen (help·info)) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It is best known as the first city in history to be targeted by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, near the end of World War II. The city's name, 広島, means "Wide Island" in Japanese. Hiroshima gained city status on April 1, 1889. On April 1, 1980, Hiroshima became a designated city. Kazumi Matsui has been the city's mayor since April 2011.

Definition of Hiroshima in the English dictionary

The definition of Hiroshima in the dictionary is 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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HIROSHIMA


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creamer
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dreamer
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edema
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emblema
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femur
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Fukushima
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Kagoshima
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lemur
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Lima
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pima
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Redeemer
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rima
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schema
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screamer
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steamer
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streamer
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIROSHIMA

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hirsuteness
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WORDS THAT END LIKE HIROSHIMA

alla prima
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maxima
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Synonyms and antonyms of Hiroshima in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Hiroshima» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIROSHIMA

Find out the translation of Hiroshima to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Hiroshima from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Hiroshima» in English.

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广岛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Hiroshima
570 millions of speakers

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Hiroshima
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हिरोशिमा
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

هيروشيما
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Хиросима
278 millions of speakers

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Hiroshima
270 millions of speakers

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হিরোশিমা
260 millions of speakers

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Hiroshima
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Hiroshima
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Hiroshima
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

広島
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

히로시마
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hiroshima
85 millions of speakers
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Hiroshima
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஹிரோஷிமா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हिरोशिमा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hiroşima
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Hiroshima
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Hiroshima
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Хіросіма
40 millions of speakers

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Hiroshima
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Translator English - Greek

Χιροσίμα
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Hiroshima
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Hiroshima
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Hiroshima
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Hiroshima

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HIROSHIMA»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HIROSHIMA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Hiroshima

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10 QUOTES WITH «HIROSHIMA»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Hiroshima.
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Edward Bond
We are still living in the aftershock of Hiroshima, people are still the scars of history.
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Ray Bradbury
After Hiroshima was bombed, I saw a photograph of the side of a house with the shadows of the people who had lived there burned into the wall from the intensity of the bomb. The people were gone, but their shadows remained.
3
Wilfred Burchett
When you arrive in Hiroshima you can look around and for 25 and perhaps 30 square miles you can see hardly a building. It gives you an empty feeling in the stomach to see such man-made devastation.
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Wilfred Burchett
Hiroshima does not look like a bombed city. It looks as if a monster steamroller had passed over it and squashed it out of existence.
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Wilfred Burchett
Of thousands of others, nearer the centre of the explosion, there was no trace. They vanished. The theory in Hiroshima is that the atomic heat was so great that they burned instantly to ashes - except that there were no ashes.
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Wilfred Burchett
Hiroshima had a profound effect upon me.
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Wilfred Burchett
My emotional and intellectual response to Hiroshima was that the question of the social responsibility of a journalist was posed with greater urgency than ever.
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Wilfred Burchett
The police chief of Hiroshima welcomed me eagerly as the first Allied correspondent to reach the city.
9
Martin Van Creveld
As history since Hiroshima shows, the best, perhaps the only, way to curb war is to deter it with such overwhelming force as to turn it from a struggle into suicide.
10
John Lewis Gaddis
I think the way to think about the impact of Hiroshima is to think about it as a sudden shift in the balance of power.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIROSHIMA»

Discover the use of Hiroshima in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Hiroshima and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hiroshima
The characters in his account are living individuals, not composite types. The story is their own story, told as far as possible in their own words. On August 31st, 1946, Herseys story was made public.
John Heresy, 2006
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Hiroshima
The classic tale of the day the first atom bomb was dropped offers a haunting evocation of the memories of survivors and an appeal to the conscience of humanity
John Hersey, 1985
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Hiroshima
Based on real accounts by Hiroshima survivors, the fictional story of twelve-year-old Sachi follows her witness to the devastation in her city as a result of the bombing and describes her healing process as she helps to rebuild her home.
Laurence Yep, 1995
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Hiroshima: Why America Dropped the Atomic Bomb
The bombing of Hiroshima was one of the pivotal events of the twentieth century, yet this controversial question remains unresolved.
Ronald Takaki, 1996
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Hiroshima: The Autobiography of Barefoot Gen
The artist behind the popular Barefoot Gen manga graphic novel provides an account of his life--from his early life in Hiroshima, including his witness to the U.S. atomic-bomb attack and its aftermath, to his most recent thoughts on ...
Keiji Nakazawa, Richard H. Minear, 2010
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Hiroshima in History and Memory
This collection of essays surveys the Hiroshima story.
Michael J. Hogan, 1996
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Hiroshima: Three Witnesses
Three survivors of Hiroshima bear witness to the horrific event in prose and poetry
Richard H. Minear, 1990
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Hiroshima: The World's Bomb
The US decision to drop an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 remains one of the most controversial events of the twentieth century.
Andrew J. Rotter, 2008
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Hiroshima Mon Amour
This book contains the complete script of the film, as well as Miss Duras' original synopsis and notes.
Marguerite Duras, 1961
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Hiroshima
Recounts the development of the atomic bomb, describes the historical background of World War II, and looks at the decision to bomb Hiroshima In this revealing and incisive book, Victoria Sherrow looks at the events leading up to, ...
Victoria Sherrow, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIROSHIMA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Hiroshima is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hiroshima painting hands down warning of man who collected …
HIROSHIMA--A masterpiece by an artist who painted many works themed on the 1945 atomic bombing of this city while collecting victims' ... «Asahi Shimbun, Jul 15»
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Sanfrecce Hiroshima leads J-League after beating Yamaga 6-0 …
Two own goals in the first six minutes gifted Hiroshima a 2-0 lead, and Yoshifumi Kashiwa heaped more misery on the visitors with his third ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»
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A Nobel Peace Prize for John Kerry? It could happen. - The Week
Reuters chalks up the 10-year intervals as the committee's way of memorializing the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. If that's not convincing ... «The Week Magazine, Jul 15»
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Researching Disaster: Fukushima and Hiroshima After 3.11 …
Researching Disaster: Fukushima and Hiroshima After 3.11. July 15, 2015 by Hiroo Aridome. Violet Ranson '16 traveled to Tokyo, Japan at the end of May to ... «Bowdoin News, Jul 15»
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Events in Hiroshima and Nagasaki mark 70th anniversary of Second …
TOKYO — The 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will be marked with memorial services, peace concerts ... «The Province, Jul 15»
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Nobel Prize for Iran? Many doubts but fits Hiroshima anniversary …
OSLO (Reuters) - A nuclear deal clinched between Iran and six major world powers that caps more than a decade of negotiations has stoked ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
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New on Video: Moody Post-Atomic Meditations in Hiroshima Mon …
The Criterion Collection calls Alain Resnais' Hiroshima Mon Amour "a cornerstone of the French New Wave." And while it's definitely that (and ... «SF Weekly, Jul 15»
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Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Matsumoto Yamaga
Meiji Yasuda J1 League – Follow the Football match between Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Matsumoto Yamaga live with Eurosport. The match ... «Eurosport.com AU, Jul 15»
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Manhattan Project: nuclear power 70 years after Hiroshima
The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ending the Second World War, killed over 110,000 people immediately and ultimately ... «E&T magazine, Jul 15»
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Hiroshima University researchers reveal molecular mechanisms …
A research group from Hiroshima University demonstrated that the downregulation of spinal astrocyte connexin43 (Cx43) expression causes ... «News-Medical.net, Jul 15»

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