Wallonian
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editWallonian (plural Wallonians)
- 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
editWallonian (comparative more Wallonian, superlative most Wallonian)
- Of or relating to Wallonia.
- 2008 May 14, Steven Erlanger, “Seams of Belgium’s Quilt Threaten to Burst”, in The New York Times[1]:
- 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[2]:
- 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.