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1. Hiroshima
   [n] - a city on the southwestern coast of Honshu Island in Japan
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2. Hiroshima
   Industrial city and port on the south coast of Honshu Island, Japan; population (1994) 1,077,000. On 6 August 1945 it was destroyed by the first wartime use of an atomic bomb. The city has been...
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3. Hiroshima
   (from the article `American literature`) One positive result of the accelerating complexity of post-World War II life was a body of distinguished journalism and social commentary. John ... ...books demonstrated his gift for combining a reporter`s skill for relaying facts with imaginative fictionalization. Both The Wall (1950), about the...
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4. Hiroshima
   ken (prefecture), southwestern Honshu, occupying an area of 3,269 square miles (8,467 square km). The Chgoku Mountains run along the northern ...
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5. Hiroshima
   city and capital of Hiroshima ken (prefecture), southwestern Honshu, Japan, on Hiroshima Bay of the Inland Sea. The city is situated on the delta of ... [10 related articles]
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6. Hiroshima
   Hiroshima (hir"ōshē'mu, hērō'shmä) , city (1990 pop. 1,085,705), capital of Hiroshima prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on Hiroshima Bay. It is an important commercial and industrial center manufacturing trucks, ships, automobiles, steel, rubber, furniture, and c...
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7. Hiroshima
   Click images to enlargeIndustrial city and port on the south coast of Honshu Island, Japan; population (2005) 1,154,400. On 6 August 1945 it was destroyed by the first wartime use of an atomic bomb. The city has been largely rebuilt since then. The main industries include food processing and the manufacture of cars an...
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8. Hiroshima
   --> () is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) dropped an atomic bomb on ...
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9. Hiroshima
   (book) `Hiroshima` is the title of a magazine article written by Pulitzer winner John Hersey that appeared in ``The New Yorker`s issue for August 31, 1946, one year after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan, at 8:15 a.m., August 6, 1945. The article...
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10. Hiroshima
    (band) `Hiroshima` is an American jazz fusion/smooth jazz band formed in 1974 by Sansei Japanese American Dan Kuramoto (wind instruments and band leader), Peter Hata (guitar), June Kuramoto (koto), Johnny Mori (percussion and taiko), Dave Iwataki (keyboards) and Danny Yamamoto (drums). Named ...
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11. Hiroshima
    (Mazda factory) `Hiroshima Plant` is an automobile manufacturing complex in Ujina-->, Hiroshima Prefecture|Hiroshima, Japan operated by Mazda Motor Corporation. The complex consists of two main elements, the head office in Aki District, and the main plant in nearby Ujina District. It was Mazd...
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