ヨーロッパ

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

usually written using kana alone

Refers to the continent of Europe. The katakana form is standard; the ateji 欧羅巴 is very rare.

from Portuguese Europa

欧おう州しゅう
欧州 is the formal, Sino-Japanese term for Europe used in news and official writing, while ヨーロッパ is the everyday word used in ordinary conversation.
欧おう
ヨーロッパ is the standard, everyday word for Europe, while 欧 is a bound kanji abbreviation used only inside compounds and formal writing.

ヨーロッパUsage100%
Standard katakana spelling; the word is usually written in kana.
ヨオロツパUsage<1%
search-only kana form
欧羅巴よーろっぱUsage<1%
ateji (phonetic kanji usage)rarely-used kanji form
Ateji spelling; rarely used in modern Japanese.
ヨオロッパ

Borrowed from Portuguese 'Europa', likely via early modern contact. The ateji spelling 欧羅巴 is a phonetic rendering.

Usage<1%

search-only kana form