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Walloon

(wŏ-lūn')

One of a French-speaking people of Celtic descent inhabiting southern and southeast Belgium and adjacent regions of France.
The dialect of French spoken by this people.

[French Wallon, from Old French, of Germanic origin.]

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WordNet: Walloon

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a member of the French-speaking people living in Belgium

Meaning #2: dialect of French spoken in Belgium and adjacent parts of France

Wikipedia: Walloon (disambiguation)

Walloon may refer to:

Belgium

The Walloons, inhabitants of Wallonia, a geographic term of a part of Belgium based on an identity concept; see for instance the Walloons' Song.
The Walloons, inhabitants (often called Wallonians when seen as citizens) of the Walloon Region (often called Wallonia), a region of the federal state of Belgium.
Walloon is also the adjective referring
– either to Wallonia or its people, for instance the Walloon language;
– or to the Walloon Region, for instance the Walloon Parliament and the province named Walloon Brabant;
(The distinction is not always clearly made, see for instance the Walloon Rally, a "Walloon" political party active from 1968 to 1985.)
– or, now most rarely and only within that context, to Wallonia, a former administrative region created on 21 March 1917 by a decree of Moritz von Bissing, General Governor of the occupation authorities of Belgium, within the framework of Flamenpolitik.

United States

Short for Walloon Lake, a lake in northern Michigan, USA.

France

Stade Ernest-Wallon is a multi-use stadium in Toulouse, France.

People

Henri Wallon (1812-1904), historian, statesman
Henri-Alexandre Wallon (1812-1904), French historian and statesman.

Nature

The Walloon forge, used for the production of oregrounds iron
The Walloon Coal Measures, coal deposits laid down during the Jurassic age. They are up to 15m thick of sub-bituminous to bituminous coal suited for coking, steam-raising and oil cracking.

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