The Walloons, inhabitants of Wallonia, a 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.
Australia
Walloon, a place in Queensland named after the Belgians from Wallonia.
United States
Short for Walloon Lake, a lake in northern Michigan, USA.
Henri Wallon (1879-1962), French Philosopher, Psychologist, and Politician. (Grandson of Henri-Alexandre Wallon.)
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.
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