What does 廃墟 mean?
廃墟 is a Japanese noun meaning “ruins (of a building, town, etc.); 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.