Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A French-speaking region of southern Belgium. It was granted limited autonomy in 1980. Although the traditional language of the region is Walloon, French is now the everyday language of most of the population.
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- proper noun Federal Region of southern
Belgium whereFrench andGerman are the official languages, and whereLorrain ,Luxembourgish ,Picard ,Franconian andWalloon languages are also spoken.
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Examples
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The whole point of unshackling herself from Wallonia is to rid herself of having to prop up a Socialist, corporatist, statist entity which sucks the very life blood out of her successful capitalist economy.
Archive 2007-10-07 2007
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Their distaste for and experience of the dead hand of Socialism in Wallonia would surely put the wind up Labour who might see their ability to win a majority in the United Kingdom Of Great Britain, Flanders and Northern Ireland disappear completely.
Kingdoms in Ferment? 2007
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The whole point of unshackling herself from Wallonia is to rid herself of having to prop up a Socialist, corporatist, statist entity which sucks the very life blood out of her successful capitalist economy.
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Their distaste for and experience of the dead hand of Socialism in Wallonia would surely put the wind up Labour who might see their ability to win a majority in the United Kingdom Of Great Britain, Flanders and Northern Ireland disappear completely.
Archive 2007-09-23 2007
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Flemish, who see themselves as more entrepreneurial and outward-looking, label Wallonia as sponging and feckless.
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The socialist party won in southern Wallonia, while the Flemish separatist party N-VA was first with a third of the vote in the country's north.
'Belgium's Economic Fundamentals are Strong' Frances Robinson 2011
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French-speakers have an economic interest: Their Wallonia is a rust-belt that needs the economic architecture of Belgium to stay afloat.
A House Long Divided John W. Miller 2011
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The parties representing the 5 million Francophones living in southern Wallonia and Brussels sought to maintain an institutional status quo.
The Seattle Times 2011
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The parties representing the 5 million Francophones living in southern Wallonia and Brussels sought to maintain an institutional status quo.
SFGate: Top News Stories By RAF CASERT 2011
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The parties representing the 5 million Francophones living in southern Wallonia and Brussels sought to maintain an institutional status quo.
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