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Wal⋅loon

  [wo-loon]
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–noun
1. one of a people inhabiting chiefly the southern and southeastern parts of Belgium and adjacent regions in France.
2. the French dialect spoken by the Walloons.
–adjective
3. of or pertaining to the Walloons or their language.
Origin:
< F Wallon, equiv. to wall- (≪ Gmc *walh- foreign; see walnut ) + -on n. suffix
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Wal·loon   (wŏ-lōōn')   
n.  

  1. One of a French-speaking people of Celtic descent inhabiting southern and southeast Belgium and adjacent regions of France.

  2. The dialect of French spoken by this people.


[French Wallon, from Old French, of Germanic origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

Walloon 
1530, from M.Fr. Wallon, lit. "foreigner," of Gmc. origin (cf. O.H.G. walh "foreigner"). The people are of Gaulish origin and speak a Fr. dialect. The name is a form of the common appellation of Gmc. peoples to Romanic-speaking neighbors. See Vlach; also cf. Welsh.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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