Hi ‧ rosh ‧ i ‧ ma /hɪˈrɒʃɪmə $ ˌhɪroʊˈʃiːmə/ BrE AmE
a city in Japan which was destroyed in 1945 during World War II, when a US ↑ nuclear bomb was dropped on it, killing very many people. It was rebuilt after the war, and is now a large industrial city again. ⇨ ↑ Nagasaki