hail from

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

Verb

 * 1) To be a native of, to come from, to originate from; to have as one's birth place or residence.
 * 2) * 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

 * Dutch: afkomstig zijn van, afstammen van
 * Finnish: olla kotoisin
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic: vera frá, koma frá
 * Italian:, essere originario (followed by di)
 * Macedonian: поте́кнува
 * Portuguese: vir de
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: потицати
 * Roman:
 * Spanish: ser oriundo de, proceder de
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: