noun
place far from home; strange land; foreign country
Literary or somewhat formal word for a place away from one's hometown or native country. Often carries a sense of unfamiliarity or loneliness.
彼は他郷で一人暮らしを始めた。
He started living alone in a place far from home.
他郷の空の下、故郷を思う。
Under the sky of a strange land, I think of my hometown.