hail from

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

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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 [Willie] Saints be praised. I'm from Scotland! Where do ya hail from? [Homer] Uh, North... Kilt-town."
"My niece speaks French but she hails from Hampshire."

Ships would declare, by hailing, the port from which they sailed or in which they were registered.

hails from (present, singular) hailing from (participle, present) hailed from (participle, past) hailed from (past)

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What does hail from mean?

To be a native of, to come from, to originate from; to have as one's birth place or residence.

Where does hail from come from?

Ships would declare, by hailing, the port from which they sailed or in which they were registered.

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