apartment building; condominium; block of flats
Abbreviation of コーポラス. Often used in building names (e.g., コーポ○○) or casually to refer to a small to mid-sized apartment building.
See also: コーポラス
I live in an apartment building near the station.
彼は駅前のコーポに住んでいる。
He lives in an apartment building in front of the station.
Many new apartment buildings have been built along this street.
There are plans to build a new apartment building on this land.
コーポ is a shortened loanword for an apartment or condominium building (from 'cooperative house'), while コーポレーション means a business corporation—learners often mix up the two similar-sounding katakana words.
ridge of a roof · back of a sword · counter for buildings
Abbreviation of コーポラス, which comes from the English 'cooperative house' or 'corporated house'.