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Walloon Region
Wallonia ( ; ; or ), officially the Walloon Region ( ; ), is one of the three regions of Belgium—along with Flanders and Brussels. Covering the southern portion of the country, Wallonia is primarily French-speaking. It accounts for 55% of Belgium's territory, but only 31% of its population. The Walloon Region and the French Community of Belgium, which is the political entity responsible for matters related mainly to culture and education, are independent concepts, because the French Community of Belgium encompasses both Wallonia and the bilingual Brussels-Capital Region but not the German-spea
Walloon
Romance language indigenous to Belgium and France
Walhaz
200px|thumb|Brass replica of the Tjurkö bracteates|Tjurkö bracteate showing the word ᚹᚨᛚᚺᚨᚲᚢᚱᚾᛖ walhakurne ('Roman grain', i.e. gold coin) 200px|thumb|Map of Walhaz-derived exonym variants for Romance speakers '*Walhaz''''' is a reconstructed Proto-Germanic word meaning 'foreigner', or more specifically 'Roman', 'Romance-speaker' or '(romanised) Celt', and survives in the English words of 'Wales/Welsh' and 'Cornwall'. The term was used by the ancient Germanic peoples to describe inhabitants of the former Roman Empire, who were largely romanised and spoke Latin languages ( in Old Norse). The ad
Walloon Flanders
semi-independent part of the County of Flanders
Folx-les-Caves
Folx-les-Caves (); in Walloon Få-les-Cåves or Fô-les-Cåves) is a village in the Belgian municipality of Orp-Jauche located in Wallonia in the province of Walloon Brabant.