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  • A city of southwest Honshu, Japan, on the Inland Sea west of Osaka. The city was destroyed in World War II when an American airplane dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in warfare (August 6, 1945). The rebuilt city is an important commercial and industrial center.

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  • proper noun A city in Honshu, Japan, devastated by the first atomic bomb dropped in warfare on August 6, 1945.
  • proper noun figuratively catastrophe.

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  • 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

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  • HIROSHIMA: The United States on Friday for the first time attended a ceremony commemorating its atomic bombing of Hiroshima, 65 years after the Japanese city's obliteration rang in the nuclear age.

    The Himalayan Times RSS 2010

  • Poetics Available for download on the Internet Archive - Naropa Poetics Audio Archives www. archive.org PLUTONIAN ODE HIROSHIMA NUCLEAR TESTING The estimated "physically present" population of Hiroshima on August 6 1945 was 340000 -- 350000.

    WN.com - Articles related to Nuclear energy is not an option for combating Climate Change 2010

  • HIROSHIMA - Japanese and U.S. veterans who fought in World War II played softball games Sunday in Hiroshima to play for peace.

    Marine Corps Times - News 2009

  • HIROSHIMA - Japanese and U.S. veterans who fought in World War II played softball games Sunday in Hiroshima to play for peace.

    Air Force Times - News 2009

  • HIROSHIMA - Japanese and U.S. veterans who fought in World War II played softball games Sunday in Hiroshima to play for peace.

    Marine Corps Times - News 2009

  • Previewing May 8 and opening May 13, I HAVE BEEN TO HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR revolves around two love stories: one, played out in memories, involves a Japanese man, who returns to Hiroshima after fighting in WWII, and a Japanese woman who dies instantly at the moment of detonation of the atomic bomb on August 6, 1945.

    BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content 2009

  • THE HIROSHIMA PROJECT -- a 4-week cultural event featuring the premieres of American and Japanese plays, an award-winning film documentary, and open forums about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima 60 years later -- will be presented May 8 through 30 at The Ohio Theater (66

    BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content 2009

  • THE HIROSHIMA PROJECT -- a 4-week cultural event featuring the premieres of American and Japanese plays, an award-winning film documentary, and open forums about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima 60 years later -- will be presented May 8 through 30 at The Ohio Theater (66

    BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content 2009

  • "Hiroshima" is also another strong offering from him.

    Filmstalker: Shake Hands with the Devil movie 2006

  • Cameron and Charles Pellegrino, the author of the book, visited Tsutomu Yamaguchi, a survivor of both atomic blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, to discuss the experience of a nuclear explosion.

    AVATAR Is Now the #2 Movie of All Time, So Expect a Sequel and Hope For an Adaptation of THE LAST TRAIN FROM HIROSHIMA – Collider.com 2010

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