Wallonia (disambiguation)
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Wallonia commonly refers to:
  • Wallonia, the meridional part of Belgium belonging to the Romance linguistic field
  • Walloon Region
    Walloon Region
    The Walloon Region, commonly called Wallonia, is one of the three federal Regions of Belgium, and its capital is Namur. It comprises, as defined by Article 5 of the Constitution of Belgium, the provinces of Walloon Brabant, Hainaut, Liège, Luxembourg and Namur...

    , one of the three Regions of the federal Belgium
  • The French-speaking language area of Belgium
  • Wallonia, Kentucky


Wallonia may also refer to:
  • An administrative region created under Flamenpolitik
    Flamenpolitik
    Flamenpolitik is the name for certain policies pursued by German authorities occupying Belgium during World War I and World War II...

     in 1917 by the occupying German forces.
  • Romance Belgium, a subdivision of Belgium in dialectology
    Dialectology
    Dialectology is the scientific study of linguistic dialect, a sub-field of sociolinguistics. It studies variations in language based primarily on geographic distribution and their associated features...

    .
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