Definitions for Hiroshima
ˌhɪər oʊˈʃi mə, hɪˈroʊ ʃə məhi·roshi·ma

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1. Hiroshimanoun

   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

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1. Hiroshimanoun

   A city in Honshu, Japan, devastated by the first atomic bomb dropped in warfare on August 6, 1945.

2. Hiroshimanoun

   catastrophe.

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1. Hiroshima

   Hiroshima (広島市, Hiroshima-shi, , also UK: , US: , Japanese: [çiɾoɕima]) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. As of June 1, 2019, the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui has been the city's mayor since April 2011. Hiroshima was founded in 1589 as a castle town on the Ōta River delta. Following the Meiji Restoration in 1868, Hiroshima rapidly transformed into a major urban center and industrial hub. In 1889, Hiroshima officially gained city status. The city was a center of military activities during the imperial era, playing significant roles such as in the First Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War, and the two world wars. Hiroshima was the first military target of a nuclear weapon in human history. This occurred on August 6, 1945, at 8:15 a.m., when the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) dropped the atomic bomb "Little Boy" on the city. Most of Hiroshima was destroyed, and by the end of the year between 90,000 and 166,000 had died as a result of the blast and its effects. The Hiroshima Peace Memorial (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) serves as a memorial of the bombing. Since being rebuilt after the war, Hiroshima has become the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu.

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1. Hiroshima

   Hiroshima 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 dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, near the end of World War II. Its name 広島 means "Wide Island". 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.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Hiroshima in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Hiroshima in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Hiroshima in a Sentence

1. Al Gore:

   We’re still putting 162 million tons [of greenhouse gas] into it every single day and the accumulated amount is now trapping as much extra heat as would be released by 600,000 Hiroshima-class atomic bombs exploding every single day on the earth, that’s what’s boiling the oceans, creating these atmospheric rivers, and the rain bombs, and sucking the moisture out of the land, and creating the droughts, and melting the ice and raising the sea level, and causing these waves of climate refugees.

2. Ismail Kowsari:

   Who are you and America to tell us to limit the range of ballistic missiles? history has shown that with the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki America is the top criminal with regard to missiles.

3. Miko Uno:

   No one talks about it, hiroshima represents peace today, added Amber Whaley, Amber Whaley, the daughter of a U.S. Marine and a Japanese woman.

4. Stan Openshaw - Doomsday:

   Some people imagine that nuclear war will mean instant and painless death. But for millions this will not be the case. The accounts of the injured at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and of the doctors who tried to tend them, witness to the horrors and torments which would be magnified thousands of times over in the kinds of attack we analyse here. . .

5. Shigeaki Mori:

   What I did was just what the families had to do but they had no clue how. They say they really appreciated me contacting them. I was really glad to hear their words, i'm now researching about Dutch and British POWs, not just in Hiroshima but also Nagasaki.

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