Walloons
(noun) an ethnic group speaking a dialect of French and living in southern and eastern Belgium and neighboring parts of France
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Wal*loons", n. pl.; sing. Walloon (. Etym: [Cf. F. wallon.]
Definition: A Romanic people inhabiting that part of Belgium which comprises the provinces of Hainaut, Namur, Liége, and Luxembourg, and about one third of Brabant; also, the language spoken by this people. Used also adjectively. [Written also Wallons.] "A base Walloon . . . thrust Talbot with a spear." Shak. Walloon guard, the bodyguard of the Spanish monarch; -- so called because formerly consisting of Walloons.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 January 2025
(adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of; “works of all the aforementioned authors”; “said party has denied the charges”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
