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Hiroshima in British English
(ˌhɪrɒˈʃiːmə, hɪˈrɒʃɪmə)
noun
a port in SW Japan, on SW Honshu on the delta of the Ota River: largely destroyed on August 6, 1945, by the first atomic bomb to be used in warfare, dropped by the US, which killed over 75 000 of its inhabitants. Pop: 1 113 786 (2002 est)
Hiroshima in American English
(ˈhɪrəˈʃimə; hɪˈroʊʃɪmə)
seaport in SW Honshu, Japan, on the Inland Sea: largely destroyed (Aug. 6, 1945) by a U.S. atomic bomb, the first ever used in warfare: pop. 1,077,000
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