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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_193822" /> == | |||
<p> Name given to the descendants of the ancient Belgæ, a race of a mixed Celtic and Romanic stock, inhabiting | <p> (n. pl.) A Romanic people inhabiting that part of [[Belgium]] which comprises the provinces of Hainaut, Namur, Liege, and Luxembourg, and about one third of Brabant; also, the language spoken by this people. Used also adjectively. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_81346" /> == | |||
<p> Name given to the descendants of the ancient Belgæ, a race of a mixed Celtic and Romanic stock, inhabiting Belgium chiefly, and speaking a language called Walloon, a kind of Old French; in Belgium they number to-day two and a quarter millions. </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_193822"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/walloons Walloons from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_81346"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/walloons Walloons from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_81346"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/walloons Walloons from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:13, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n. pl.) A Romanic people inhabiting that part of Belgium which comprises the provinces of Hainaut, Namur, Liege, and Luxembourg, and about one third of Brabant; also, the language spoken by this people. Used also adjectively.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
Name given to the descendants of the ancient Belgæ, a race of a mixed Celtic and Romanic stock, inhabiting Belgium chiefly, and speaking a language called Walloon, a kind of Old French; in Belgium they number to-day two and a quarter millions.
