Wallonia

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Related to Walloonia: Flanders, Flemish

Wal·lo·ni·a

 (wä-lō′nē-ə)
A French-speaking region of southern Belgium. It was granted limited autonomy in 1980. Although the traditional language of the region is Walloon, French is now the everyday language of most of the population.
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