バチカン

also: ヴァチカン

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

noun

Vatican

usually written using kana alone

Refers to Vatican City, the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church.

Usage

67%

Standard katakana spelling for Vatican; usually written in kana.

ヴァチカンUsage19%

Alternate katakana spelling using ヴァ; less common but still encountered.

ヴァティカンUsage14%

search-only kana form

和地関

ateji (phonetic kanji usage)rarely-used kanji form

From Italian 'Vaticano' or Latin 'Vaticanus'.