Sentence examples for was originally populated from inspiring English sources

The country was originally populated by the Twa, a Pygmy hunter-gatherer population.

The south Durban basin, which houses 70% of the region's industry, including hundreds of oil and gas refineries, chemical companies and paper mills, was originally populated by indentured servants working in local sugar plantations.

The north side (pop. 25,774) was originally populated by workers from local coal mines.

Under the command of Colonel (later Brigadier General) Moses Hazen for its entire existence, the regiment was originally populated by volunteers and refugees from Quebec who supported the rebel cause during the disastrous Invasion of Canada.

Faced with stark differences of appearance between present-day Native Americans and ancient fossils, some archaeologists argued that the Americas were originally populated by people from Europe as well as Asia. .

It was originally a run-down area populated by Caribbean immigrants (since landlords here were among the most tolerant), but gentrification has seen the end of true multiculturalism in all but the less well-heeled streets.

Founded about 1849, it was originally called Wyota for the Native Americans who had populated the area, then renamed for Lebanon, Tenn.

"It was originally black.

Calixtus was originally a slave.

(It was originally in Norwegian).

It was originally a bank.