Walloon

noun

Wal·​loon wä-ˈlün How to pronounce Walloon (audio)
1
: a member of a people of southern and southeastern Belgium and adjacent parts of France
2
: a French dialect of the Walloons
Walloon adjective

Examples of Walloon in a Sentence

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Hotel Walloon: Walloon Lake, Michigan This 32-room lakeside property has made it onto one of T+L’s World’s Best Lists since 2022. Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024 Along with Ellerbe Fine Foods, Lili’s Bistro and Walloon’s, Cat City is one of Magnolia Avenue’s great local, independent dinner restaurants. Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2024 An only child, she was born in 1954 in Verviers, Belgium, where generations of her family, Catholic and Walloon, had been employed in a textile industry that dated back to the Middle Ages. Carl Swanson, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2024 Consider a stay at Hotel Walloon, which takes its name from the nearby lake and was voted the best resort in the Midwest of 2023 by T+L readers. Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2024 Born a Walloon, the French-speaking ethnic group in Belgium, Sante immigrated to New Jersey with her parents in the nineteen-sixties. Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2024 But Walloon’s just opened in summer 2023 in Fort Worth’s Near Southside neighborhood. Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023 Chile currently has co-production treaties with Germany, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Canada, France, Italy, the Walloon region of Belgium and Venezuela. Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 19 July 2023 Hotel Walloon combines vintage elements that nod to the area's history with design and amenities designed to appeal to discerning travelers. Cassidy Grubisic, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023

Word History

Etymology

Middle French Wallon, adjective & noun, of Germanic origin; probably akin to Old High German Walah Celt, Roman, Old English Wealh Celt, Welshman — more at welsh

First Known Use

1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of Walloon was in 1567

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“Walloon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Walloon. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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