See also:

• WALLOONS (Wallons, from a common Teut. word meaning " foreign," cf. Ger. Welsch, Du. waalsch, Eng. Welsh)

WALLOONS (Wallons, from a See also:

• COMMON

common Teut. word meaning " See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign," cf. Ger. Welsch, Du. waalsch, Eng. Welsh)  , a See also:

• PEOPLE

people akin to the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, but forming a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

• ROMANCE

Romance See also:

• RACE

race, inhabiting the Belgian provinces of See also:

• HAINAUT (Flem. Henegouwen, Ger. Hennegau)

Hainaut, See also:

• NAMUR
• NAMUR (Flemish, Namen)

Namur, See also:

• LIEGE
• LIEGE (Walloon, Lige, Flemish, Luik, Ger. Lilltich)

Liege, parts of See also:

• LUXEMBURG
• LUXEMBURG, FRANCOIS HENRI DE MONTMORENCYBOUTEVILLE, DUKE

Luxemburg and See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• BRABANT
• BRABANT, NORTH

Brabant, parts of the French departments of See also:

• NORD

Nord and See also:

• ARDENNES

Ardennes, and a few villages in the neighbourhood of See also:

• MALMEDY

Malmedy in Rhenish See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia . The See also:

• WALLOONS (Wallons, from a common Teut. word meaning " foreign," cf. Ger. Welsch, Du. waalsch, Eng. Welsh)

Walloons are descended from the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Gallic Belgi, with an admixture of See also:

• ROMAN

Roman elements . They are in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general characterized by greater vivacity and adaptability than their Flemish neighbours, while they excel their French neighbours in en-See also:

• DURANCE (anc. Druentia)

durance and See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry . Their See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers are reckoned in See also:

• BELGIUM
• BELGIUM (Fr. Belgique; Flem. Belgic)

Belgium at between 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 . The Walloon See also:

• DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect is a distinct branch of the Romance See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, with some ad-mixture of Flemish and See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German . It was used as a See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language until the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, when it began to be assimilated to French, by which it was ultimately superseded . Grandgagnage, De l'origine See also:

• DES

des Wallons (Liege, 1852), Vocabulaire des noms wallons, &c . (2nd ed., 1857), and See also:

• DIET

Diet. etymol. de la langue wallonne (t. i. and ii., 1845—1851; t. iii., byScheler,1880) ; J . Dejardin, Diet. des " spots " ou proverbes wallons (1863) ; See also:

• VAN

Van der Kindere, Recherches sur l' ethnologic de la Belgique (See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels, 1872) ; Demarteau, Le Flamand, le See also:

• WALTON, BRIAN (1600-1661)
• WALTON, IZAAK (1593-1683)

Walton, (Liege . 1889) ; M . Wilmotte, Le Walton, Histoire et litlerature (Brussels, 1893) ; Monseur, Le See also:

• FOLKLORE

Folklore See also:

• WALLOP, SIR HENRY (c. 1540-1599)
• WALLOP, SIR JOHN (c. 1490-1551)

wallop (Brussels, 1892) .