What does 廃墟 mean?
廃墟 is a Japanese noun meaning “ruins, remains” in English. It is written as 廃墟 in kanji, はいきょ in hiragana, and haikyo in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.
Example sentence
その塔は廃墟の中に立っていた。
The tower stood amid the ruins.