Wallonian en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /wəˈ-/ (General-American)
- /wɑˈloʊ.ni.ən/ (General-American)
- /wɒˈləʊ.ni.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /wəˈ-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Wallonia + n.
Meanings
-
Of, from or relating to Wallonia.
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.
2008 May 14, Steven Erlanger, “Seams of Belgium’s Quilt Threaten to Burst”, in The New York Times: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.
2015 June 12, Mitchel L. Zoler, “In Belgium’s Strawberry Fields, Perfection’s in the Picking”, in The New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most Wallonian | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more Wallonian | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (6)
nl Walloniëns (of, from or relating to Wallonia) · fr wallonienne (of, from or relating to Wallonia) · la Vallōniense (of, from or relating to Wallonia) · fr wallonien (of, from or relating to Wallonia) · li Walloniëns (of, from or relating to Wallonia) · la Vallōniensis (of, from or relating to Wallonia)