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Hi•ro•shi•ma
Pronunciation: (hēr"ō-shē'mu, hi-rō'shu-mu; Japn. hē'rô-shē'mä), [key]—
n.
a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan: first military use of atomic bomb August 6, 1945. 899,394.
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