valão

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /vaˈlɐ̃w̃/ [vaˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
 

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃

Etymology 1

From French wallon.

Alternative forms

Noun

valão m (plural valões, feminine valona, feminine plural valonas)

  1. Walloon (person from Wallonia)
  2. (uncountable) Walloon (Romance language spoken in Wallonia)

Adjective

valão (feminine valona, masculine plural valões, feminine plural valonas)

  1. Walloon (of or relating to Wallonia)
  2. Walloon (of, relating to or written in the Walloon language)

Etymology 2

From vala (“ditch”) +‎ -ão.

Noun

valão m (plural valões)

  1. augmentative of vala
    Synonym: valona

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