hiroshima
/hɪˈɹoʊʃɪmə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.27 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A prefecture in southwestern Honshu, Japan.
name
The capital city of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan; the target of the first atomic bomb dropped in warfare on August 6, 1945.
noun
A catastrophe.
Example Sentences
- "A short time ago, an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy."
- "This slab is where the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 years ago were put together. It’s the assembly point for the dawning of the atomic age."
- "Kishida told the executives, including those from Micron Technology Inc (MU), Intel Corp (INTC) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSM) (TSMC), that stabilizing supply chains would be a topic of discussion at the G7 talks in the western city of Hiroshima."
- "VINCENT: Tens of thousands killed before sundown; nobody's killed people that fast since Hiroshima and Nagasaki."
- "Stuxnet is the Hiroshima of cyber-war."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /hɪˈɹoʊʃɪmə/
- British English: /hɪ(ə)ˈɹɒʃɪmə/