Suppose you are from country X, and had to travel to and live in a foreign country Y for a better life, leaving behind your family. I'm looking for a word with the meaning a foreign country you voluntarily [to exclude exile] live in
I've been living in [expatriation] for five years.
My understanding is that in this sentence, expatriation referes to a state rather than a physical place.
I hope my husband will return from [expatriation] soon.
I'm not sure this last sentence is correct with expatriation refering to a foreign country (place). What I'm particulary interested in is the phrase return from Y.
So, does expatriation work? any other word? Other words that I have a confused understanding of are exile, alienation and diaspora.
Best Answer
Abroad is the word you are looking for.
It is widely used in expressions like:
It also obviously works in both your example sentences, as per my previous examples (if you remove "in").
Update: Note that "abroad" is mostly used as an adverb, but can also be used as a noun, in expressions like "from abroad" as per my third example sentence and the OP's second example sentence.