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Hiroshima maidens

Hiroshima maidens is the plural of Hiroshima maiden.

Meaning of Hiroshima maiden

Noun

Hiroshima maiden (plural Hiroshima maidens)

  1. (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 obtain reconstructive surgery in the United States in 1955.
    Synonyms:
    A-bomb maiden

Questions about Hiroshima maidens

What is Hiroshima maidens the plural of?
Hiroshima maidens is the plural of Hiroshima maiden.

Words near Hiroshima maidens in the dictionary

  1. Hirose
  2. Hiroses
  3. Hiroshi
  4. Hiroshima
  5. Hiroshima maiden
  6. Hiroshima maidens
  7. hiroshimaite
  8. Hiroshiman
  9. Hiroshimans
  10. hiroshimite
  11. Hirota

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