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Meaning of Walloon | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
wəˈluːn

Definitions

  1. A native or inhabitant of Wallonia.
  2. A Romance language traditionally spoken in parts of southern Belgium and a small strip of northern France (around Givet).
  3. A speaker of Walloon (as above).

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Examples

“By the time this mysterious knight died in the 1360s, his book was available in every European language, including Dutch, Gaelic, Czech, Catalan, and Walloon.”
“when I was young I did seeke to serue, both in England, Fraunce, and Scotland, to that end I might the better doo my Prince and Countrye seruice, and also to sustaine myselfe, who otherwaies was not able to liue as I did desire to doo: wheras I learned to know the vse of most weapons of warre both for Horsemen and footmen, that are or haue beene vsed in this age, with as good Schoolemaisters as any Italian, Spaniard or Wallon whatsoeuer, hath been or now is.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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