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Walloon

wal·loon

UK/wəˈluːn/ uncommon

noun

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an ethnic group speaking a dialect of French and living in southern and eastern Belgium and neighboring parts of France

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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French Wallon / wallon, from Frankish *walh, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”). Cognate to English Welsh/Wales, the second part of Cornwall, and first part of walnut, as well as Gaul and Wallachia.

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