Walloon (noun/adj)
wal-oon
One of a people inhabiting chiefly the southern and southeastern parts of Belgium and adjacent regions in France. / The language of the Walloons. (adj) relating to the Walloons and their culture.
French Wallon, equivalent to wall- Germanic *walh- foreign; see walnut) + -on noun suffix
Example sentences
“The first province which was seized with the fanatical spirit of rebellion was, as had been expected, Walloon Flanders.”
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