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

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Called Randall’s Point on Walloon Lake, the 15-acre estate features a main log home, three guest cabins and over 2,100 feet of Walloon Lake frontage. Paul Welitzkin, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025 Belgium’s Freaks Factory is a joint venture between Walloon production company Frakas Prods. Leo Barraclough, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025 Oh, and be sure to ask for a complimentary Hotel Walloon Kids Activity Kit, which keeps kids entertained by keeping their eyes peeled for objects throughout Walloon Lake Village on a special scavenger hunt that results in a prize at the end. Esther Carlstone, Parents, 18 Dec. 2024 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

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 25 Mar. 2025.

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