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Definition of Hiroshima

1. 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.

Definition of Hiroshima

1. Proper noun. A city in Honshu, Japan, devastated by the first atomic bomb dropped in warfare on August 6, 1945. ¹

2. Proper noun. (figuratively) catastrophe. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Hiroshima

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. From Tokio Through Manchuria with the Japanese by Louis Livingston Seaman (1904)
"CHAPTER III AMONG EIGHT THOUSAND WOUNDED AT Hiroshima IT was at Hiroshima, ... Hiroshima revealed a different story. The presence of nearly 8000 wounded ..."

2. The Official Guide-book to Kyoto and the Allied Prefectures by Kyoto (Japan). City Council, M. Ichihara (1895)
"Hiroshima PREFECTURE. This prefecture may 1ю reached either \y railway or by the steamers that run from Osaka nnd Kobe to the city of ..."

3. A Handbook for Travellers in Japan Including the Whole Empire from Saghalien by John Murray (Firm), Basil Hall Chamberlain, W. B. Mason (1907)
"Again, during the Russian war of 3904-5, Hiroshima was a great centre of military activity, ... The approach to Hiroshima by sea is noted for its beauty. ..."

4. Terry's Japanese Empire by Thomas Philip Terry (1914)
"... Hiroshima, and Miyajima to Shimonoseki. Sanyo Main Line of the Imperial Government Railways. To Shimonoseki, 329 M. The (extra fare) express trains ..."

5. The National Wealth of Japan by Eikichi Igarashi, Hideomi Takahashi, Shigenobu Ōkuma (1906)
"Hiroshima Ken has no Imperial Estates. 8. ... permanently or temporarily exempted from taxes in Hiroshima Ken (Table 7), and often times the value. ..."

6. Rambles Through Japan Without a Guide by Albert Leffingwell (1892)
"Hiroshima TO NAGASAKI. About Hiroshima—Hospital and schools—Call from the governor —Excursion to Miyajima—Fifteen miles at a stretch—Antiquities and ..."

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