hail from

English

Etymology

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

Verb

hail from (third-person singular simple present hails from, present participle hailing from, simple past and past participle hailed from)

1. 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.

Translations

to be a native of

• Finnish: olla kotoisin (fi)
• Greek: κατάγομαι (el) (katágomai)
• Icelandic: vera frá (is), koma frá (is)
• Italian: venire, essere originario (followed by di)
• Macedonian: потекнува (mk) (potéknuva)
• Russian: происходить (ru) (из, proisxodít’ iz)

• Serbian:

  Cyrillic: потицати

  Roman: poticati

• Spanish: ser oriundo de, proceder de
• Turkish: dolu (tr)