English Explanatory Dictionary

Hiroshima

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A prefecture in southwestern Honshu, Japan.
  2. The capital city of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan; the target of the first atomic bomb dropped in warfare on August 6, 1945.
  3. The 1945 atomic bombing of the city.
noun
  1. A catastrophe.

Pronunciation

/hɪ(ə)ˈɹɒʃɪmə/ /hɪ(ə)ɹəˈʃiːmə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Hiroshima.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Hiroshima2.wav /hɪˈɹoʊʃɪmə/ /hɪɹoʊˈʃiːmə/

Word forms

Hiroshima

Etymology

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

Translations

Arabic: هِيرُوشِيمَا Armenian: Հիրոսիմա Bulgarian: Хироши́ма Carpathian Rusyn: Гіроші́ма Chinese Cantonese: 廣島 /广岛 Chinese Mandarin: 廣島 /广岛 Czech: Hirošima Dutch: Hiroshima Esperanto: Hiroŝimo Finnish: Hiroshima German: Hiroschima Greek: Χιροσίμα Hindi: हिरोशिमा Hungarian: Hirosima Italian: Hiroshima Italian: Iroscima Japanese: 広島 Korean: 히로시마 Latin: Hiroshima Maltese: Hiroshima Maltese: Ħiroxima Marathi: हिरोशिमा Mongolian: Хирошима Persian: هیروشیما Polish: Hiroszima Portuguese: Hiroxima Romanian: Hiroshima Russian: Хироси́ма Serbo-Croatian: Хироши́ма Serbo-Croatian: Hirošíma Tamil: ஹிரோஷிமா Thai: ฮิโรชิมะ Turkish: Hiroşima Uyghur: خىروشىما
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