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Walloons
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Wal`loons´
n. pl.1.A Romanic people inhabiting that part of Belgium which comprises the provinces of Hainaut, Namur, Liége, and Luxembourg, and about one third of Brabant; also, the language spoken by this people. Used also adjectively.
Walloon guard
the bodyguard of the Spanish monarch; - so called because formerly consisting of Walloons.
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Noun1.Walloons - an ethnic group speaking a dialect of French and living in southern and eastern Belgium and neighboring parts of France
ethnic group, ethnos - people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture
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Unsurprisingly, building a majority out of both the Dutch-speaking and French-speaking parties proved difficult, since a Wallonian Christian Democrat might well feel more drawn to other Wallonian parties than to his or her Flemish counterparts.
Belgium's survival as a nation by Corner, Mark / Contemporary Review
Parties from Belgium's Wallonian south refuse to form a coalition, claiming the Flemish party's leader holds them in contempt.
A Belgian breakup? by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
For me however the highlight of my Wallonian experience was a visit to Les Jardins D'Annevoie.
Short break by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
 
 
 
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