walloon in English

adjective
1
relating to the Walloons or their language.
Distinctive Flemish and Walloon parties, fighting for language rights and more autonomy, if not outright independence, mobilized support.
noun
1
a member of a people who speak a French dialect and live in southern and eastern Belgium and neighboring parts of France.
But the night flights that are causing most complaints about noise levels are also affecting the Walloons - the French speaking Belgians.
2
the French dialect spoken by the Walloons.
Gray chose 2,449 words from 87 languages, including English, Lithuanian, Gujarati, Romany, Walloon , Breton, Hindi and Pennsylvania Dutch and began a series of comparisons to build up a pattern of descent.

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1. She was buried in Saint Begga's Collegiate Church, Andenne, Walloon Region Belgium

2. )”, charged with making sure that as many Walloon SMEs as possible have access to research and innovation means.

3. (Placename) a former province of central Belgium; replaced in 1995 by the provinces of Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant

4. It is mostly situated in the municipality of Halle, in Flemish Brabant and has also a little part in Walloon Brabant.

5. Amel (French: Amblève) is a Belgian municipality in the Walloon province of Liège, and is part of the German-speaking Community of Belgium (German: Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft Belgiens).

6. In the 12th and 13th centuries, the iron masters of Liège developed a method of refining iron ore by the use of a blast furnace, called the Walloon Method.

7. Noun a former duchy of W Europe: divided when Belgium became independent (1830), the south forming the Belgian provinces of Antwerp and Brabant and the north forming the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands a former province of central Belgium; replaced in 1995 by the provinces of Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant