Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hiroshima maiden

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables: hi-roshi-ma -maid-en
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of Japanese women who were disfigured by the thermal flash from the fission bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, and who subsequently went on a highly publicized journey to obtain reconstructive surgery in the United States in 1955.

Inflected Forms

Hiroshima maidens (plural)

Synonyms

A-bomb maiden

Questions

What does hiroshima maiden mean?: Any of a group of Japanese women who were disfigured by the thermal flash from the fission bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, and who subsequently went on a highly publicized journey to obtain reconstructive surgery in the United States in 1955.

How to pronounce hiroshima maiden

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “hiroshima maiden”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “hiroshima maiden”.
Repeat and practice — Say “hiroshima maiden” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.