Walloon

sensu stricto Walloon-speaking area including the small politically French "peninsula" of Givet (red) and boundaries of Wallonia; the inhabitants of both are called "Walloons"; people in North-East area (cut) are German-speaking Walloons

Meanings

Proper Noun

The Romance language commonly spoken until the middle of the 20th century in parts of southern Belgium and northern France (around Givet).

Noun

An inhabitant of Wallonia, of Belgian nationality, nowadays generally French-speaking, but also possibly German-speaking.
An inhabitant of the region of southern Belgium and northern France (around Givet), usually of Belgian nationality.

Adjective

Referring to the French-speaking people of southern Belgium and parts of northern France.
Referring to the Romance language spoken by this people.

Origin

Borrowed from French wallon, from Frankish *walh, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz ("foreigner").
Cognate to Welsh/Wales, the second part of Cornwall, and first part of walnut, as well as Gaul and Wallachia.

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