Wal·loon
Wal·loon/wäˈlo͞on,wəˈlo͞on/
noun
- a member of a people who speak a French dialect and live in southern and eastern Belgium and neighboring parts of France.
- the French dialect spoken by the Walloons.
adjective
relating to the Walloons or their language.
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Walloons are a Gallo-Romance ethnic group native to Wallonia and the immediate adjacent regions of Flanders, France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands ...
Walloon is a Romance language that is spoken in much of Wallonia and, to a very small extent, in Brussels, Belgium; some villages near Givet, ...
Walloons
Ethnic group
Walloons are a Gallo-Romance ethnic group native to Wallonia and the immediate adjacent regions of Flanders, France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Walloons primarily speak langues d'oïl such as Belgian French, Picard and Walloon. Wikipedia
Languages spoken: French, German language, Dutch language, and more
Belgium: 3,240,000
Canada: 176,615 (Belgians)
France: 133,066
United States: Indeterminable; (352,630 Belgians)
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1. a member of a people of southern and southeastern Belgium and adjacent parts of France 2. a French dialect of the Walloons.
Noun · An inhabitant of Wallonia, of Belgian nationality, nowadays generally French-speaking, but also possibly German-speaking.
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The Walloons, who make up about one-third of the Belgian population, speak dialects of French and live chiefly in the south and east. The religion of the vast ...
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a French-speaking people, collectively called Walloons (approximately one-third of the total population), who are concentrated in the five southern provinces.