Walloon Definition

wŏ-lo͝on
noun
A member of a chiefly Celtic people living mostly in S and SE Belgium and nearby parts of France.
Webster's New World
The variety of French spoken by the Walloons.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Walloon

Noun

Singular:
Walloon
Plural:
walloons

Origin of Walloon

  • French Wallon from Old French of Germanic origin Old High German walah speaker of a Romance language Old English wealh foreigner, Celt

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Walloon Sentence Examples

  • The primatial see was placed at Malines (Mechlin), having under it Antwerp, Hertogenbosch, Roermond, Ghent, Bruges, and Ypres constituting the Flemish province; the second archbishopric was at Cambray, with Tournay, Arras, St Omer, and Namur, - the Walloon province; the third at Utrecht, with Haarlem, Middleburg, Leeuwarden, Groningen and Deventer, - the northern (Dutch) province.

  • Irritated and alarmed, the governor suddenly left Brussels in the month of July with some Walloon troops and went to Namur.

  • This feeling was widespread throughout the Walloon provinces, and found expression in the League of Arras (5th of January 1579).

  • There is a Walloon robett.

  • Further, one-third of the Belgian provinces was inhabited by a Walloon population divided from the Flemings by racial characteristics and their use of a Romance instead of a Teutonic dialect.

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Words Starting With

WWAWAL

Words Ending With

NONOON

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