Walloon

Walloon
/wo loohn"/, n.
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.
adj.
3. of or pertaining to the Walloons or their language.
[ < F Wallon, equiv. to wall- ( Gmc *walh- foreign; see WALNUT) + -on n. suffix]

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