Most of the present-day inhabitants of the Banda Islands are descended from migrants and plantation labourers from various parts of Indonesia, as well as from indigenous Bandanese.

Most of the inhabitants were descendants of the original Puritan colonists, but there was also a small elite of Anglican " worthies " who were not involved in village life, who made their livings from estates, investments, and trade, and lived in mansions along " the Road to Watertown " ( today's Brattle Street, still known as Tory Row ).

Most inhabitants of Diego Garcia through the period from 1793 to 1971 were plantation workers, but also included Franco-Mauritian managers, Indo-Mauritian administrators, Mauritian and Seychellois contract employees, and in the late 19th Century, Chinese and Somali employees.

Most of the inhabitants live in the administrative center, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

Most residents of Asunción and virtually all rural inhabitants were illiterate.

Most of the Comyn castles in Moray, Aberdeen and Buchan were destroyed and their inhabitants killed.

Most inhabitants live in a city agglomeration on the French border, surrounding the capital of Saarbrücken.

Most of the Ebla palace tablets, which date from that period, are about economic matters ; they provide a good look into the everyday life of the inhabitants, as well as many important insights into the cultural, economic, and political life in northern Mesopotamia around the middle of the third millennium B. C.

Most inhabitants of Silesia today speak the national languages of their respective countries ( Polish, Czech, German ).

Most of the Bulgarian and Greek population are Christians, while most of the Turkish inhabitants of Thrace are Muslims.

Most of the current inhabitants are descended from the slaves brought to work on the Loyalist plantations, or from liberated Africans set free by the British navy after the abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire in 1807.

Most references to the islands from occasional visitors comment on the lack of law and order and the lack of religiosity of the inhabitants.

Most people today live in settlements far larger than anything known in early times, while some areas, such as Kilmartin and many of the islands, such as Islay and Tiree may well have had as many inhabitants as they do today.

Most inhabitants were black indigenous Africans with a diversity of ethnic and cultural backgrounds, ranging from Shangaan and Makonde to Yao or Shona peoples.

Most inhabitants of these areas will consider dew points above oppressive.

Most of the inhabitants are Roman Catholics, with a high life expectancy of over 80 years.

Most of the 4. 5 million inhabitants live in the north, and all but one of the island's few larger cites are located there.

Most of its inhabitants became refugees in bitterly cold weather during the Evacuation of East Prussia.

Most species are strictly freshwater inhabitants, but a considerable number are found in brackish water, such as roach and bream.

Most inhabitants of Miranda do Douro are either merchants or farmers.

Most of the German inhabitants were expelled.

Most houses had a square center room with other rooms attached to it, but a great variation in the size and materials used to build the houses suggest they were built by the inhabitants themselves.

Most of the inhabitants would not be allowed to return to their homes until after the Civil War ended in May 1865.

Most of the inhabitants of Knoxville, a mile away, moved to Roberta when the railroad arrived.

Most storms in the interior of Alaska originate in the Gulf of Alaska, south of the state, though these storms often have limited precipitation due to a rain shadow effect caused by the Alaska Range.

Most passenger train services originate or terminate at Helsinki Central railway station, and a large proportion of the passenger rail network radiates out of Helsinki.

Most typographic glyphs originate from the characters of a typeface.

Most solar flares and coronal mass ejections originate in magnetically active regions around visible sunspot groupings.

Most nutrients originate from minerals and are stored in organic material both live and dead and on colloidal particles as ions.

Most synthetic rubies originate from flame fusion, due to the low costs involved.

Most national emblems originate in the natural world, such as animals or birds, but another object may serve.

Most of the local Portuguese people originate from Madeira and Lisbon and have established many cafes, restaurants, bakeries, neighbourhood associations and delicatessens.

Most of these scams originate in Nigeria and Egypt.

Most of the rivers in Hainan originate in the central area of the island and flow radially in different directions.

Most of the " Pennsylvania Dutch " originate from the Palatinate area of Germany and their language is based on the dialect of that region.

Most of the mushroom recipes originate from Russia, since Finns used mushrooms in coloring fabrics rather than as food.

Most CDMA customers originate from the Americas or the Far East.

Most of these scams originate in Nigeria and Egypt.

Most seeds come from fruits, and the seeds are free of the fruit, unlike nuts such as hazelnuts, hickories, chestnuts and acorns, which have a stony fruit wall and originate from a compound ovary.

Most ejections originate from active regions on Sun's surface, such as groupings of sunspots associated with frequent flares.

Most ejections originate from active regions on the surface, such as groupings of sunspots associated with frequent flares.

Most rivers originate from lakes and swamps and collect their waters from melting snow.

Most laryngeal cancers originate in the glottis.

Most Italians originate from the people mentioned above, and all share common Latin heritage, but some Italians have a variety of other ancestries.

Most of the largest remaining glaciers ( including the Adams, Klickitat, Lyman, and White Salmon ) originate from Adams ' summit ice cap.

Most endometrial cancers are carcinomas ( usually adenocarcinomas ), meaning that they originate from the single layer of epithelial cells that line the endometrium and form the endometrial glands.

Most references about the game originate from unofficial sources and personal accounts from players.

Most conscious thoughts originate here.