hail from
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ships would declare, by hailing, the port from which they sailed or in which they were registered.
Verb[edit]
hail from (third-person singular simple present hails from, present participle hailing from, simple past and past participle hailed from)
- To be a native of, to come from, to originate from; to have as one's birth place or residence.
- 1998, August 23; the episode Lard of the Dance (wikiquote) from the tenth season
- My niece speaks French but she hails from Hampshire.
Translations[edit]
to be a native of
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