Walloon 433653 222557072 2008-06-29T23:54:30Z MiguelMunoz 1881377 /* People */ Corrected Dates {{Wiktionary}} {{Wiktionarypar|Wallonia}} '''Walloon''' may refer to: ==Belgium== *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<br />– either to [[Wallonia]] or its people, for instance the [[Walloon language]], the [[Walloon Parliament]] and the province named [[Walloon Brabant]], the [[Walloon Rally]]<br />– 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, Queensland|Walloon]], a place in Queensland named after the Belgians from [[Wallonia]]. ==United States== *Short for [[Walloon Lake]], a lake in northern Michigan, USA. *[[Andrew Lloyd]], famous for his [[war]] literature, was born in [[Walloonia]]. ==France== *[[Stade Ernest-Wallon]] is a multi-use [[stadium]] in [[Toulouse]], [[France]]. ==People== *[[Henri-Alexandre Wallon]] (1812-1904), French historian and statesman. *[[Henri Wallon (psychologist)|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. ==See also== * [[Belgian French]] {{disambig}} [[fr:Wallon (homonymie)]] [[hu:Vallon]]