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Get to know Walloon better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like belgian or ethnos.

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Walloon in a sentence

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Walloon meaning

A Romance language traditionally spoken in parts of southern Belgium and a small strip of northern France (around Givet).

Synonyms of Walloon

belgian ethnic group ethnos french

Using Walloon

  • The main meaning on this page is: A Romance language traditionally spoken in parts of southern Belgium and a small strip of northern France (around Givet).
  • Useful related words include: belgian, ethnic group, ethnos, french.
  • In the example corpus, walloon often appears in combinations such as: the walloon, and walloon, of walloon.

Context around Walloon

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Walloon

  • In this selection, "walloon" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, springs, street, flemish, region, descent and descendants stand out and add context to how "walloon" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include as wallendorf walloon village and and back the walloon provinces to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "walloon" sits close to words such as aaj, abn and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with walloon

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Flemish-nationalist replaced by Walloon centrist to lead talks. (9 words)

Harbor Springs, Walloon Lake and Charlevoix are cute, as well, he said. (12 words)

Some people of Walloon descent belong to the Sällskapet Vallonättlingar (Society of Walloon Descendants). (14 words)

This explains that road signs in Flanders are written in Dutch, even when referring to a Walloon region, and conversely, which can be confusing for foreigners who do not know the different translations of Flemish or Walloon cities in the other language. (42 words)

There have been instances of home-grown terrorism targeting European cities, but players from these diverse backgrounds do bring a new identity to the Belgian team that is not defined by the Flemish-Walloon perspective. (35 words)

Brussels - not Walloon but mostly French-speaking Many non-French-speaking observers (over)generalize Walloons as a term of convenience for all Belgian French-speakers (even those born and living in the Brussels-Capital Region). (35 words)

Example sentences (19)

Some people of Walloon descent belong to the Sällskapet Vallonättlingar (Society of Walloon Descendants).

This explains that road signs in Flanders are written in Dutch, even when referring to a Walloon region, and conversely, which can be confusing for foreigners who do not know the different translations of Flemish or Walloon cities in the other language.

Bel Affray had one daughter who died the day his head was split open four fingers bright and they haled him down the hill da Praha on a Walloon’s horse.

Harbor Springs, Walloon Lake and Charlevoix are cute, as well, he said.

Flemish-nationalist replaced by Walloon centrist to lead talks.

Police attended the property on Kingsley Street, Walloon, to conduct a welfare check just before 3am on Sunday.

There have been instances of home-grown terrorism targeting European cities, but players from these diverse backgrounds do bring a new identity to the Belgian team that is not defined by the Flemish-Walloon perspective.

Brussels - not Walloon but mostly French-speaking Many non-French-speaking observers (over)generalize Walloons as a term of convenience for all Belgian French-speakers (even those born and living in the Brussels-Capital Region).

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By doing so he was able to bring back the Walloon provinces to an allegiance to the king.

During these eighty years the number of municipalities with more than 5,000 inhabitants increased from only 21 to more than one hundred, concentrating nearly half of the Walloon population in this region.

In one incident, reported in the program, the Queensland Gas Company (QGC) fracked its Myrtle 3 well connecting the Springbok aquifer to the coal seam below (the Walloon Coal Measures) in 2009.

In Spain armies were recruited from all the Spanish European territories including Spain, Italy, Wallonia ( Walloon Guards ) and Germany.

In the alphabets of most modern Romance languages (excepting far northern French and Walloon ), w is used mostly in foreign names and words recently borrowed (le week-end, il watt, el kiwi).

Place names such as Wallendorf (Walloon Village) and family names such as Valendorfean (Wallon peasant) can be found among the Romanian citizens of Transylvania.

The chairman of the Walloon Parliament stated on July 17, 2008 that, "Brussels would take an attitude".

There were pro-Nazi political organizations in both Flemish and Walloon communities before and during the war.

This was potentially dangerous for the Allied infantry who would then be at the mercy of the Elector’s Bavarian and Walloon squadrons patiently waiting on the plateau for the order to move.

Universal suffrage meant the Francophones were a political minority, so the Walloon Movement concentrated on protecting French where it had a majority, and did not contest the expanded use of Dutch in Flemish areas.

WBI will pool all of the international relations work of the French Community, the Walloon Region and the French Community Commission of the Brussels-Capital Region.

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Common combinations with walloon

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "walloon" in a sentence?
An example: "Some people of Walloon descent belong to the Sällskapet Vallonättlingar (Society of Walloon Descendants)." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "walloon" from authentic English texts.
What does "walloon" mean?
Walloon means: A Romance language traditionally spoken in parts of southern Belgium and a small strip of northern France (around Givet).
What are synonyms of "walloon"?
Common synonyms of "walloon" include: belgian, ethnic group, ethnos, french.
How many example sentences with "walloon" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "walloon", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.