Wallonian

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English

Etymology

From Wallonia +‎ -an.

Noun

Wallonian (plural Wallonians)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Wallonia.
    • 2012, Bert van Selm, The Economics of Soviet Breakup:
      Possibly Wallonians bought goods in Flanders that they could have obtained cheaper in Holland if it were not for the tariff.

Adjective

Wallonian (comparative more Wallonian, superlative most Wallonian)

  1. Of or relating to Wallonia.
    • 2008 May 14, Steven Erlanger, “Seams of Belgium’s Quilt Threaten to Burst”, in The New York Times:
      But Wallonian legislators are blocking the changes, fearing that their power is eroding, that the Flemish are doing some legal ethnic cleansing and that a divided Belgium will end the subsidies that flow south from richer Flanders.
    • 2015 June 12, Mitchel L. Zoler, “In Belgium’s Strawberry Fields, Perfection’s in the Picking”, in The New York Times:
      The Wépion and Namur farms produce about 400 tons of berries a year, the Wallonian region about 4,000 tons. Both are dwarfed by the 40,000 tons grown each year in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking northern half of Belgium.