Walloons (/wɒˈluːnz/; French: Wallons [walɔ̃] ; Walloon: Walons) are a Gallo-Romance ethnic group native to Wallonia and the immediate adjacent regions...
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Look up Walloon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Walloon may refer to: Walloons, a French-speaking population of Belgium Walloon language Walloon Region...
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Wallonia (redirect from Walloon Region (federal region))
is named after the Walloons, a group of locals who natively speak Romance languages. In Middle Dutch (and French), the term Walloons included both historical...
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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...
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factors to both Huguenot and Walloon refugee communities. Reformed Christianity portal Netherlands portal Walloons Walloon Church, Amsterdam Nieuwe Waalse...
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Belgians (section Walloon (French-speaking))
especially on a national level. Walloons are a French-speaking people who live in Belgium, principally in Wallonia. Walloons are a distinctive community within...
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Walloons were often tasked with the maintenance of public order, eventually being incorporated as a regiment of the Spanish Royal Guard. The Walloon Guards...
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people made in his time between Walloon and German or Flemish Belgium was apparently based upon language, with the Walloons speaking French, and the others...
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1959). Languages of Belgium Walloons – the people Belgian French – French as spoken in Belgium Doncols & Sonlez: formerly Walloon-speaking villages in the...
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Walloon Flanders (Dutch: Waals Vlaanderen, French: Flandre wallonne) was a semi-independent part of the County of Flanders, composed of the burgraviates...
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of minister-presidents of Wallonia : For French family names among the Walloons and other francophones of Belgium, see French name. The twenty most common...
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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...
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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...
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immigrants headed for Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and invited the Walloons to settle nearby. The Walloons agreed, and, upon arrival, two families stayed behind in...
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Belgians or the French?", published in 1903, denounces the subjection of the Walloons to the Flemings, who are merely the successors of the previous Dutch, Austrians...
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assumed, that the Walloons and De Geer fled from their homeland due to religious persecution, nowadays it has been established that the Walloons fled from economic...
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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...
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List of municipalities in Wallonia (redirect from List of Walloon municipalities)
Walloon Brabant...
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each third Sunday of September and commemorates the participation of the Walloons to the Belgian Revolution in 1830. French Community Holiday Carlier, Philippe...
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accepted by Walloon militants who considered Flemish to be an idiom. In their eyes the Flemings had to give up their idiom just as the Walloons had done...
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Flag of Wallonia (redirect from Flag of Walloon Region (federal region))
also mean 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...
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Parliament of Wallonia (redirect from Walloon Regional Council)
The Parliament of Wallonia (French: Parlement de Wallonie) (Walloon Parliament (French: Parlement wallon) in the decrees) is the legislative body of Wallonia...
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Walloon Rally left the WFR and formed Union For Wallonia with the France Party, Wallonia Social Democracy, Get Up Wallonia and the Brussels' Walloons...
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Languages of Belgium (section Walloon)
the Walloons. Though it has been recognized since 1990, like other vernaculars in Belgium, it is spoken mainly by older people. Some younger Walloons may...
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The history and presence of the Walloon people, i.e. francophone Belgians, in the Netherlands goes back to the foundation process of the Dutch state....
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French-speaking Belgians are often referred to as Walloons, although the French speakers in Brussels are not Walloons. The total number of native Dutch speakers...
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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 many years earlier, but no traces...
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Government of Wallonia (redirect from Walloon Region government)
The Walloon Government (French: Gouvernement wallon) or Government of Wallonia (French: Gouvernement de Wallonie) is the executive branch of Wallonia...
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has been in use as a Walloon church since 1586. The church was also known as the Franse Kerk ("French Church"), Walenkerk ("Walloons' Church"), Oude Walenkerk...
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Le Chant des Wallons (redirect from The Song of the Walloons)
"The Song of the Walloons" (Walloon: Li tchant des Walons; French: Le Chant des Wallons) is the regional anthem of Wallonia in Belgium. The original lyrics...
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