The name of the Hakka people who are the predominant original native speakers of the language literally means " guest families " or " guest people ": Hak 客 ( Mandarin: kè ) means " guest ", and ka 家 ( Mandarin: jiā ) means " family ".

In a majority of member states, French is not the predominant native language.

Later native American tribes predominant in the area included the Northern Shoshone and Bannock.

One vivid example of this is the predominant use of the native ' malong ', the colorful, tubelike garment used as a skirt by the indigenous tribes, in place of a blanket or sleeping bag.

Although the predominant role of these fungi in native soils may be as harmless or even beneficial plant endophytes or soil saprophytes, many strains within the F. oxysporum complex are pathogenic to plants, especially in agricultural settings.

The Corn Belt is a U. S. region of the Midwestern United States where corn has, since the 1850s, been the predominant crop, replacing the native tall grasses.

Where found in Caribbean islands, Red-tailed Hawks prey mostly on reptiles such as snakes and lizards, since these are perhaps the most predominant native land animals of that region.

The movement began among the Arab officers, who complained of the preference shown to the officers of Turkish origin ; it then expanded into an attack on the privileged position and predominant influence of foreigners, many of whom were of a by no means respectable type ; finally, it was directed against all Christians, foreign and native.

The Corn Belt is a region of the Midwestern United States where corn has, since the 1850s, been the predominant crop, replacing the native tall grasses.

His parents had arrived in Japan after having been trained in their native Urmia, where the predominant Christians were ethnic Assyrians.

The predominant population affected by the snake's introduction was that of native bird species such as the Mariana Fruit Dove, the Guam Flycatcher, the Rufous Fantail and the Cardinal Honeyeater. The introduction of the brown tree snake into Guam has resulted in extinction of twelve-native bird species in total.

The food is influenced by the native Malay, the predominant Chinese, Indonesian, Indian, Peranakan, and Western traditions ( particularly English and some Portuguese-influenced Eurasian, known as Kristang ) since the founding of Singapore by the British in the nineteenth century.

Pine forests and mixed pine and oak woodlands and shrublands are predominant.

Conifer forests are predominant, chiefly Anatolian black pine ( Pinus nigra ), Cedar of Lebanon ( Cedrus libani ), Taurus fir ( Abies cilicica ), and juniper ( Juniperus foetidissima and J. excelsa ).

Due to intermarriage with the Japanese and ongoing absorption into the predominant culture, there are no truly Ainu settlements existing in Japan today.

In most areas of the Basque Country, the educational Model D, where all subjects are taught in Basque, except " Spanish language and literature " ( which is taught in Spanish ) is now the predominant model.

As valved instruments are predominant among the brasses today, a more thorough discussion of their workings can be found below.

Whites ( in Spanish blancos ) are estimated at 6 %, and consists largely of those of unmixed or predominant European descent.

They are the predominant race in Barsaive, and the dwarf language is considered the common language.

Greek roots are often used to coin new words for other languages, especially in the sciences and medicine ; Greek and Latin are the predominant sources of the international scientific vocabulary.

The engineering properties of soils are affected by four main factors: the predominant size of the mineral particles, the type of mineral particles, the grain size distribution, and the relative quantities of mineral, water and air present in the soil matrix.

Especially in the southwestern part of the country, the predominant variety of noodles are Spätzle, made with large amounts of egg yolk, and Maultaschen, traditional stuffed noodles reminiscent of ravioli.

The pale lager pilsener, a style developed in the mid-19th century, is predominant in most parts of the country today, whereas wheat beer ( Weißbier / Weizen ) and other types of lager are common, especially in Bavaria.

The family names, the predominant Catholic religion, the prevalence of Irish music – even the accents of the people – are so reminiscent of rural Ireland that Irish author Tim Pat Coogan has described Newfoundland as " the most Irish place in the world outside of Ireland ".

Historically, Jamaica has had close ties with the UK, but trade, financial, and cultural relations with the United States are now predominant.

Endemic tree fern species of southern hemisphere genus Dicksonia ( D. berteriana on Robinson Crusoe and D. externa on Alexander Selkirk ) and the endemic genus Thyrsopteris ( T. elegans ) are the predominant species in the tree-fern forests.

Meher Baba described heaven and hell as transitory and illusory states between incarnations: The states of heaven and hell are nothing but states of intensive experiences of the consciousness of the soul, experiencing either of the predominant counterparts of the opposite impressions while the soul is dissociated from the gross human body or form.

Oxycodone can also be used as an alternative to other opiates to treat severe diarrhea and diarrhea predominant irritable bowel syndrome when drugs such as loperamide and diphenoxylate are ineffective.

Policing has included an array of activities in different situations, but the predominant ones are concerned with the preservation of order.

Hoe-farming is the traditional tillage method in tropical or sub-tropical regions, which are characterized by stony soils, steep slope gradients, predominant root crops, and coarse grains grown at wide distances apart.

Potato chips are a predominant part of the snack food market in English-speaking countries and numerous other Western nations.

As a result, francophone and anglophones now borrow the French terms when discussing issues of francophone linguistic and cultural identity in English, though outside of Quebec terms such as Franco-Ontarian, acadian and Franco-Manitoban are still predominant.

The latter group includes the tintinnids, which produce loricae or shells and are the predominant fossil ciliates.

A major factor is the common use of body armour, where pistol calibers are insufficient for penetration-therefore the SMG is predominant in the civil security sector and is becoming obsolete in military use.

Although Celtic languages are partially spoken in Scotland, Cornwall, and Northern Ireland, the predominant language overall is English.

However, the predominant former names of the city are Erebuni and Erevan.

The car is the predominant mode of transport for Sunshine Coast residents, with the region connected to Brisbane via the Bruce Highway.

It is extremely common in that region, where it is the predominant species of the genus ; the closely related Atlantic poison oak ( T. pubescens ) occurs on the Atlantic Coast.

It has also become the predominant religion on the Swahili Coast as well as the West African seaboard and parts of the interior.

Oak forests are the predominant plant life and extend into the low land deserts.

Some forests are dominated by Lauraceae, while in others evergreen laurophyll trees of the beech family ( Fagaceae ) are predominant, including ring-cupped oaks ( Quercus subgenus Cyclobalanopsis ), chinquapin ( Castanopsis ) and tanoak ( Lithocarpus ).