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hi⋅ba⋅ku⋅sha

  [hee-buh-koo-shuh; Japn. hee-bah-koo-shah]
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–noun, plural -shas, -sha.
a survivor of either of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945.
Origin:
< Japn, equiv. to hibaku bombed (hi- suffer + baku- burst open, explode < MChin, equiv. to Chin bèi bào) + -sha person < MChin, equiv. to Chin chě
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