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WALLOON

• WALLOON (noun)
The noun WALLOON has 3 senses:

1. a member of the French-speaking people living in Belgium
2. an ethnic group speaking a dialect of French and living in southern and eastern Belgium and neighboring parts of France
3. dialect of French spoken in Belgium and adjacent parts of France

Familiarity information: WALLOON used as a noun is uncommon.

• WALLOON (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A member of the French-speaking people living in Belgium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Walloon" is a kind of...):

Belgian (a native or inhabitant of Belgium)

Holonyms ("Walloon" is a member of...):

Belgique; Belgium; Kingdom of Belgium (a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Walloon" is a kind of...):

ethnic group; ethnos (people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Dialect of French spoken in Belgium and adjacent parts of France

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Walloon" is a kind of...):

French (the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France)

"Better to be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."
(English proverb)
"After dark all cats are leopards."
(Native American proverb, Zuni)
"They whom got shy, died."
(Arabic proverb)
"A horse aged thirty: don't add any more years."
(Corsican proverb)

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