Walloons (/wɒˈluːnz/; French: Wallons [walɔ̃] ; Walloon: Walons) are a Gallo-Romance ethnic group native to Wallonia and the immediate adjacent regions...

(and French), the term Walloons included both historical secular Walloon principalities, as well as the French-speaking population of the Prince-Bishopric...

Look up Walloon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Walloon may refer to: Walloons, a French-speaking population of Belgium Walloon language Walloon Region...

referred to by its speakers in English as "Belgian". Walloons in Wisconsin and descendants of native Walloon speakers have since switched to English, and as...

The Walloons is a comedy play by the British writer Richard Cumberland. It was first staged at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London in April 1782...

factors to both Huguenot and Walloon refugee communities. Reformed Christianity portal Netherlands portal Walloons Walloon Church, Amsterdam Nieuwe Waalse...

especially on a national level. Walloons are a French-speaking people who live in Belgium, principally in Wallonia. Walloons are a distinctive community within...

Walloon Flanders (Dutch: Waals Vlaanderen, French: Flandre wallonne) was a semi-independent part of the County of Flanders, composed of the burgraviates...

of Belgium Walloons – the people Belgian French – French as spoken in Belgium Doncols & Sonlez: formerly Walloon-speaking villages in the Grand Duchy...

The Walloon Guards were first raised in 1704, at a time when the Low Countries were under the Spanish Crown as the Spanish Netherlands. "Walloons" was...

that the distinction people made in his time between Walloon and German or Flemish Belgium was apparently based upon language, with the Walloons speaking...

Walloons are an ethnic group originating from the Wallonia region of Belgium. Mainly arriving between the years 1853 and 1858, and settling in parts of...

Walloon Lake is a glacier-formed lake located in Charlevoix and Emmet counties, just southwestward from the northern tip of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan...

Wallonia : For French family names among the Walloons and other francophones of Belgium, see French name. The twenty most common French surnames in Belgium...

production. The Walloons' reputation for steel production became widespread, and was also noted in Sweden. Encouraged by Gustav II Adolf, many Walloons began...

262 municipalities, listed in the table below. The numbers refer to the location of the municipalities on the maps of the respective provinces. Eupen,...

the subjection of the Walloons to the Flemings, who are merely the successors of the previous Dutch, Austrians and Spanish occupiers of Wallonia. The...

celebrated each third Sunday of September and commemorates the participation of the Walloons to the Belgian Revolution in 1830. French Community Holiday Carlier...

their idiom just as the Walloons had done. The recognition of Dutch pushed the Walloon Movement to more adamantly defend the Walloon language. This transition...

Church"), Walenkerk ("Walloons' Church"), Oude Walenkerk ("Old Walloons' Church"), or Oude Waalse Kerk ("Old Walloon Church"). The painter Bartholomeus...

A Walloon forge (or Walloon process) is a type of finery forge that decarbonizes pig iron into wrought iron. The process was conceived in the Liège region...

the Walloons. Though it has been recognized since 1990, like other vernaculars in Belgium, it is spoken mainly by older people. Some younger Walloons...

formed Union For Wallonia with the France Party, Wallonia Social Democracy, Get Up Wallonia and the Brussels' Walloons. In 2010, Union For Wallonia, which...

an old railroad map. Nobody knew where the name came from or how it ended up on an old map. A group of Walloons from Belgium had settled along Bear Lake...

France and Walloon part of Belgium) eventually adopted the Vulgar Latin of the local population. A widening cultural divide grew with the Franks remaining...

that it is commonly used by the Walloon Movement. Before the present flag was created, the Walloons used the French flag. The rooster was created in 1913...

ponceau banner of the royal arms, personalised with the king's cypher in each corner. Official email response from the Greffe of the Province of Luxembourg...

The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei  or NSDAP), was a far-right...

in the Walloon Region outside the geographical boundaries of their official Community, or 0.9%; French: in the latter area as well as mainly in the rest...

Army (Wehrmacht) because Walloons were not considered sufficiently "Germanic" by Nazi racial theorists to be allowed into the Waffen-SS. Recruitment initially...