Word of the Day – Walloon

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.”