Walloon

Walloon

Walloon may refer to:

Belgium

*The Walloons, inhabitants of Wallonia, a region of the federal state of Belgium.
*The Walloon Movement a linguistic and political movement to strengthen Wallooon culture and language within Belgium
*"Wallooon" is also the adjective referring
either to Wallonia or its people, for instance the Walloon language, the Walloon Parliament and the province named Walloon Brabant, the Walloon Rally
or, now most rarely and only within that context, to "Wallonia", a former administrative region created on 21 March 1917 by a decree of Moritz von Bissing, General Governor of the occupation authorities of Belgium, within the framework of Flamenpolitik.

Australia

*Walloon, a place in Queensland named after the Belgians from Wallonia.

United States

*Short for Walloon Lake, a lake in northern Michigan, USA.
*Andrew Lloyd, famous for his war literature, was born in Walloonia.

France

*Stade Ernest-Wallon is a multi-use stadium in Toulouse, France.

People

*Henri-Alexandre Wallon (1812-1904), French historian and statesman.
*Henri Wallon (1879-1962), French Philosopher, Psychologist, and Politician. (Grandson of Henri-Alexandre Wallon.)

Nature

*The Walloon forge, used for the production of oregrounds iron
*The Walloon Coal Measures, coal deposits laid down during the Jurassic age. They are up to 15m thick of sub-bituminous to bituminous coal suited for coking, steam-raising and oil cracking.

ee also

* Belgian French


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  • Walloon — 1520s, from M.Fr. Wallon, lit. foreigner, of Germanic origin (Cf. O.H.G. walh foreigner ). The people are of Gaulish origin and speak a French dialect. The name is a form of the common appellation of Germanic peoples to Romanic speaking neighbors …   Etymology dictionary

  • Walloon — ► NOUN 1) a member of a people who speak a French dialect and live in southern and eastern Belgium and neighbouring parts of France. Compare with FLEMING(Cf. ↑Fleming). 2) the French dialect spoken by this people. ORIGIN French Wallon; related to …   English terms dictionary

  • Walloon — [wä lo͞on′] n. [Fr Wallon < ML Wallo, of Gmc orig., as in OHG walh, foreigner, OE Wealh, Briton, foreigner: see WELSH] 1. a member of a chiefly Celtic people living mostly in S and SE Belgium and nearby parts of France 2. the variety of French …   English World dictionary

  • Walloon — Walloons Wal*loons , n. pl.; sing. {Walloon}. [Cf. F. wallon.] A Romanic people inhabiting that part of Belgium which comprises the provinces of Hainaut, Namur, Li[ e]ge, and Luxembourg, and about one third of Brabant; also, the language spoken… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Walloon — noun Etymology: Middle French Wallon, adjective & noun, of Germanic origin; probably akin to Old High German Walah Celtic, Roman, Old English Wealh Celtic, Welshman more at welsh Date: 1567 1. a member of a people of southern and southeastern… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Walloon Lake (Míchigan) — Walloon Lake Lugar designado por el censo de los Estados Unidos …   Wikipedia Español

  • WALLOON, QUEENSLAND — Walloon (Queensland) Walloon est une banlieue de Ipswich dans le Queensland (Australie). Sa population s élève à 1532 habitants en 2006. Le nom de la banlieue est originaire de la langue romane (wallon) et des habitants de la belgique romane… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • WALLOON QUEENSLAND — Walloon (Queensland) Walloon est une banlieue de Ipswich dans le Queensland (Australie). Sa population s élève à 1532 habitants en 2006. Le nom de la banlieue est originaire de la langue romane (wallon) et des habitants de la belgique romane… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Walloon language — language name=Walloon nativename=Walon familycolor=Indo European states=flag|Belgium flag|France (also: some speakers in the United States) speakers=est. 600,000 fam2=Italic fam3=Romance fam4=Italo Western fam5=Western fam6=Gallo Iberian… …   Wikipedia

  • Walloon Movement — The Walloon Movement covers all Belgian political movements which assert the existence of a Walloon identity and of Wallonia or defend the French culture and language within Belgium. This movement began to defend the primacy of French but gained… …   Wikipedia

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