Hiroshima maiden

noun

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.

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A-bomb maiden
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Meanings

nounHiroshima maiden (plural Hiroshima maidens)

plural Hiroshima maidens

  1. historicalAny 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

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny 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.

Similar
A-bomb maiden
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a-bomb maiden
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APA

Hiroshima maiden. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hiroshima%20maiden

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“Hiroshima maiden.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hiroshima%20maiden. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hiroshima maiden,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hiroshima%20maiden.

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