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Wallonia

American  
[wo-loh-nee-uh] / wɒˈloʊ ni ə /
Also Walloonia

noun

  1. a region in S Belgium: chiefly French-speaking. 6,504 sq. mi. (16,844 sq. km).


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A total of 21 raids were conducted in Brussels, Flanders and Wallonia, the prosecutor's office told the newspaper.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2025

Staff in about two thirds of hospitals in the French-speaking Wallonia region and Brussels joined the fray, with non-urgent appointments and operations postponed, the CSC union said.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2022

Previously only Scotland and Denmark had pledged funding for climate-linked loss and damage, as well as the Belgian region of Wallonia.

From Reuters ● Nov. 7, 2022

Scotland and the Belgian region of Wallonia have also put forward small pledges.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 1, 2022

Industry is concentrated mainly in the populous Flemish area in the north, although the government is encouraging reinvestment in the southern region of Wallonia.

From The 1999 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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