Walloon

Walloon may refer to:

Belgium

The Walloons, inhabitants of Wallonia, the southern, French-speaking half 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.

France

Stade Ernest-Wallon is a multi-use stadium in Toulouse, France.

People

Henri-Alexandre Wallon (1812-1904), French historian and statesman.
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.

Translation of "Walloon"

French: Wallon (homonymie), Hungarian: Vallon.