Walloon
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Walloon may refer to:
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[edit] Belgium
- The Walloons, inhabitants of Wallonia, an area which closely coincides with the Walloon Region of the federal state of Belgium.
- The Walloon Movement a linguistic and political movement to strengthen Walloon culture and language within Belgium
- Walloon is also the adjective referring
– either to Wallonia or its people, for instance the Walloon language, the Walloon Parliament and the province named Walloon Brabant, the Walloon Rally
– or, now most rarely and only within that context, to Wallonia, a former administrative region created on 21 March 1917 by a decree of Moritz von Bissing, General Governor of the occupation authorities of Belgium, within the framework of Flamenpolitik.
[edit] Australia
[edit] United States
- Short for Walloon Lake, a lake in northern Michigan, USA.
[edit] France
- Stade Ernest-Wallon is a multi-use stadium in Toulouse, France.
[edit] People
- Henri-Alexandre Wallon (1812-1904), French historian and statesman.
- Henri Wallon (1879-1962), French Philosopher, Psychologist, and Politician. (Grandson of Henri-Alexandre Wallon.)
[edit] Nature
- The Walloon forge, used for the production of oregrounds iron
- The Walloon Coal Measures, coal deposits laid down during the Jurassic age. They are up to 15m thick of sub-bituminous to bituminous coal suited for coking, steam-raising and oil cracking.
[edit] See also
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