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What does hail from mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word hail from? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. to be a native of, to come from, to originate from; to have as one's birth place or residence
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The trio hail from Montreal and a wonderfully quaint almost folkish tinge subtly permeates the album.
For the cookpot there's French tarragon, marjoram, oregano, rosemary and thyme which hail from arid parts of the Mediterranean.
But the power of Carolo Augosto did not hail from the Pope, but instead from his lordship over the Franks, and, to a lesser extent, the Lombards.
But how many millionaire preppies who hail from Massachusetts know the difference between a shotgun and a pea-shooter?
Apparently, choosing a place name, when not one member of the group actually hail from it, is something of a cardinal sin.
The participants hail from half a dozen states and they are in San Francisco for a week long boatbuilding class.

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