郷きょう党とう

noun

people from one's hometown

Archaic or literary term for fellow townspeople or people from the same native place. Not used in everyday modern Japanese; 同郷の人 or 地元の人 are the natural modern equivalents.

• 古こ典てんでは「郷きょう党とう」が故こ郷きょうの人ひと々びとを指さすことがある。

  In classical texts, 郷党 can refer to people from one's hometown.