A prefecture in southwestern Honshu, Japan. / The capital city of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It was the target of the first atomic bomb dropped in warfare on August 6, 1945.

plural of Hiroshima maiden

(historical) Any of a group of Japanese women who were disfigured by the thermal flash from the fission bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, and who subsequently went on a highly publicized journey to get reconstructive surgery in the United States in 1955.

plural of Hiroshiman

Of or relating to Hiroshima, Japan.

A native or inhabitant of Hiroshima, Japan.