Verb
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.
My niece speaks French but she hails from Hampshire.
You hail from Dream-land, Dragon-fly? A stranger hither? So am I, And (sooth to say) I wonder why We either of us came! Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux
For someone born in the US but whose parents hail from Mexico, there is always a disconnect that happens between the present culture and the one before. Sometimes, it is a flimsy synapse, and sometimes the disconnect can be a chasm... Octavio Solis
The best memorizers in the world - who almost all hail from Europe - can memorize a pack of cards in less than a minute. A few have begun to approach the 30-second mark, considered the 'four-minute mile of memory.' Joshua Foer
Artists in the sale hail from Central and South America as well as Cuba, Mexico and the United States. Source: Internet
He says; “what he meant was that no president can hail from a region because a president needs to be for all Zambians and have a national character” Source: Internet
Driving Charlie Home, a Lincoln County band made up of Caleb Jones, Olivia de Lisle, Ben Millet and Jackson Cromwell, half of whom hail from Wiscasset and neighboring Westport Island, will open and close the afternoon’s festivities. Source: Internet