hail from
hail from verb: to be a native of, to come from, to originate from; to have as one's birth place or residence.
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.
- [Willie] Saints be praised. I'm from Scotland! Where do ya hail from?
[Homer] Uh, North... Kilt-town.1998, August 23; the episode Lard of the Dance (wikiquote) from the tenth season - My niece speaks French but she hails from Hampshire.
- [Willie] Saints be praised. I'm from Scotland! Where do ya hail from?
hail from meaning in Urdu
hail from in Urdu
- کہیں کا ہونا
Forms of hail from
| third-person singular present | hails from |
|---|---|
| present participle | hailing from |
| past participle | hailed from |
| past | hailed from |
Origin of hail from
Ships would declare, by hailing, the port from which they sailed or in which they were registered.
Questions about hail from
- What does hail from mean?
- Hail from means to be a native of, to come from, to originate from; to have as one's birth place or residence.
- What is hail from in Urdu?
- Hail from in Urdu is کہیں کا ہونا. See Hail from meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is hail from?
- Hail from is a verb.
- What is the past tense of hail from?
- The past tense of hail from is hailed from.
Words near hail from in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hail from (page history and authors); hail from (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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