On this ship were a group of French speaking Protestants called Walloons, from what is now a part of Belgium. From Wordnik.com. [Brownstoner] Reference
"Walloons". jmacofearth Windows #azure now available in Western Europe and East Asia. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
DLT: In which European country are there people called Walloons?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-27] Reference
Flemings and Walloons are increasingly alienated from each other. From Wordnik.com. [The Belgian Crackup] Reference
Pappenheim's Walloons with stabbing infants at their mothers 'breasts. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election] Reference
Both the Flemings and Walloons went without official government for months. From Wordnik.com. [Belgium Struggles Under Language Divide] Reference
Duke of Lorraine, was a person for even the thick-skulled Walloons to respect. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844] Reference
Not if the Walloons supported the Flemish prior to the memory of most Flemish. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Belgian “Breakup” and the Future of Ethnic Federalism:] Reference
Calls for Flemish independence from the once dominant Walloons are ancient, of course. From Wordnik.com. [The Belgian Breakup] Reference
It gathered Flemings and Walloons at random; a king was given a scepter and that's it. From Wordnik.com. [What Belgians Want] Reference
The first commission in behalf of Burgundy was composed of two Germans and three Walloons. From Wordnik.com. [Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477] Reference
Walloons, Protestant refugees from the Belgic provinces of Spain, to emigrate to New Netherland. From Wordnik.com. [The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country] Reference
By 1630, the total population of New Netherland was about 300, many being French-speaking Walloons. From Wordnik.com. [History of American Women] Reference
Today Belgium is divided up to the bone between the factions of the Flemish and the Walloons people. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-03-29] Reference
Today, the Walloons and Flemish can enjoy the advantages of a nation state AND those of a small community. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Belgian “Breakup” and the Future of Ethnic Federalism:] Reference
The Walloons perceive that this would water down their representation in Parliament and so won't countenance it. From Wordnik.com. [Divorce, Belgian-Style] Reference
The Walloons consider this as the justified protection of their civil rights as a linguistic minority in Flanders. From Wordnik.com. [The Belgian Crackup] Reference
Flemish politicians like New Alliance Party leader, Bart de Wever, certainly appear ready to take on the Walloons. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-08-01] Reference
Czeks, Slowaks, Walloons, Russians, Ukranians -- and in many cases Russians or Byelorussians -- included in that some of 3.6. From Wordnik.com. [GERMAN HISTORY IS FILLED WITH NON-GERMANS, BUT MOST GERMANS DON'T STUDY HISTORY MUCH AND IGNORE THE HISTORICAL FACTS] Reference
Thirty families, including one hundred and ten men, women and children, and most of them Walloons, were in the first emigration. From Wordnik.com. [The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country] Reference
Latvians, Walloons, Uzbeks, Bosnians, Estonians, and even Arabs, whose one qualification was a taste for the dirty work of the SS. From Wordnik.com. [Barbarossa]
Walloons of the south have led in recent years to constitutional amendments granting these regions formal recognition and autonomy. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Ethnic contempt extends not only to Roma and colonials, but to Walloons, Eastern Europeans, or Sicilians, depending on where you are. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » US vs. Europe: Standard of Living] Reference
King Albert II reigns over this industrious nation with Dutch-speaking Flemings in the north and French-speaking Walloons in the south. From Wordnik.com. [Riding The Amsterdam-Brussels Express] Reference
Walloons, and negroes from Senegal, Turcos from Northern Africa, Gurkhas from India, co-operating with the advance on the other frontier of. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
Germany, besides a force of three thousand Walloons. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
To many modern Walloons, Wallonia means "land of the valleys". From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Walloons fear Flemish power-sharing demands could split the kingdom. From Wordnik.com. [China Post Online - Taiwan , News , Taiwan newspaper] Reference
French speaking (Walloons) from Flemish speaking Flanders in Belgium. From Wordnik.com. [LBO-Lanka Business Online]
Netherlanders, mostly Walloons, amounting to nearly three thousand more. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
Walloons, marching also in a square, and protecting the baggage and ammunition. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
Champagny saw them coming, and spoke a last word of encouragement to the Walloons. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
Ethnic groups: Flemmings 58%, Walloons 33%, Africans and Asians 4%, Other Europeans. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]]
He was followed by the Spaniards, after whom came the Germans and then the Walloons. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
Walloons with the ready aid, so valuable in that age of unready finance, of Spanish gold. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures and Essays] Reference
The modern appellation of the Walloons points to the affinity of their ancestors with the. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
Here the whole body of Walloons were stationed, together with a few companies of Germans. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
Austrian tyranny, and Walloons, a name synonymous with that of hired butcher and marauder. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures and Essays] Reference
The Walloons, and at last the citizens, feared to lift their heads above their frail rampart. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
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