Hirošima

See also: Hirosima, Hirosimą, and Hiroşima

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 広(ひろ)島(しま) (Hiroshima).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɪroʃɪma]
• Rhymes: -ɪma
• Hyphenation: Hi‧ro‧ši‧ma

Proper noun

Hirošima f (related adjective hirošimský)

1. Hiroshima (a prefecture of Japan)
2. Hiroshima (the capital and largest city of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan)

Declension

Declension of Hirošima (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Hirošima
genitive	Hirošimy
dative	Hirošimě
accusative	Hirošimu
vocative	Hirošimo
locative	Hirošimě
instrumental	Hirošimou

Further reading

• “Hirošima”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Hirošima”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Hirošima” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2024, slovnikcestiny.cz
• “Hirošima”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 広(ひろ)島(しま) (Hiroshima).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xiroʃǐːma/
• Hyphenation: Hi‧ro‧ši‧ma

Proper noun

Hirošíma f (Cyrillic spelling Хироши́ма)

1. Hiroshima (a prefecture of Japan)
2. Hiroshima (the capital and largest city of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan)

Declension

Declension of Hirošima

	singular
nominative	Hirošima
genitive	Hirošime
dative	Hirošimi
accusative	Hirošimu
vocative	Hirošimo
locative	Hirošimi
instrumental	Hirošimom

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 広(ひろ)島(しま) (Hiroshima).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦirɔʃima]

Proper noun

Hirošima f (genitive singular Hirošimy)

1. Hiroshima (a prefecture of Japan)
2. Hiroshima (the capital and largest city of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan)

References

• “Hirošima”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024