birth-place; home town
Example sentences
彼は郷里の両親によく電話しますか。
Does he often call his parents at home?
彼は「飛び石」連休を利用して郷里を訪れた。
He availed himself of the 'off-and-on' holidays to visit his native country.
僕の郷里の町は海に接している。
My hometown is adjacent to the ocean.