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Come from, originate from, as in He hails from Oklahoma. This term originally referred to the port from which a ship had sailed. [Mid-1800s]

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Words nearby hail from

Hail Columbia, Haile Selassie, Haile Selassie I, hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met, hail from, hailing distance, Hail Mary, Hailsham of St Marylebone, hailstone, hailstorm
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derive from, flow, originate, arise, come from, emanate, emerge, stem, birth, come, commence, dawn, issue, proceed, result, rise, start, accrue, ejaculate, end up
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