Waterloo
A village in Walloon Brabant, Belgium; the site of a major military battle in 1815.
Proper noun
- A village in Walloon Brabant, Belgium; the site of a major military battle in 1815.
- A battle fought at Waterloo, Belgium on June 18, 1815, resulting in the epic, final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte.
- The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world.
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A place in Canada:
A rural community of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.
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A place in Canada:
A regional municipality and city in Ontario, Canada.
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A place in Canada:
A city in La Haute-Yamaska regional county municipality, Estrie, Quebec.
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A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California.
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A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Illinois.
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A number of places in the United States:
A town in Grant Township and Smithfield Township, DeKalb County, Indiana.
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A number of places in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Fayette County, Indiana.
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in White River Township, Johnson County, Indiana.
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A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Black Hawk County, Iowa.
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A number of places in the United States:
A village and town, the county seat of Seneca County, New York.
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A number of places in the United States:
A town in Grant County, Wisconsin.
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A number of places in the United States:
A town and city therein, in Jefferson County, Wisconsin.
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A number of places in the United States:
A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Waterloo Township.
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A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A district and large railway terminus in central London, England, in the borough of Lambeth (OS grid ref TQ3180).
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A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A hamlet in Blisland parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX1072).
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A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A village in Pilsley parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4163).
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A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A northern suburb of Poole, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ0094).
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A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A northern suburb of Ashton-under-Lyne, Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9300).
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A number of places in the United Kingdom:
Former name of Waterlooville, Hampshire, although Waterloo is still the name of a council ward in Waterlooville for Havant borough.
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A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A small suburb in south-west Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6625).
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A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A suburb of Crosby, Sefton borough, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3198).
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A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A small village in Hainford parish, Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2219).
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A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A hamlet in Gillingham parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM4293).
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A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A small village in Scole parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM1479).
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A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A hamlet in Whixall parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4933).
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A number of places in the United Kingdom:
An eastern suburb of Huddersfield, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1716).
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A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A settlement near Broadford, Isle of Skye, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG6623).
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A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A small suburb on the eastern outskirts of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8054).
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A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A hamlet north-west of Bankfoot, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO0636).
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A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A hamlet in Rudry community, Caerphilly borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1988).
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A number of places in the United Kingdom:
A suburb of Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9703).
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A city in the Western Area of Sierra Leone.
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A place in Australia:
An inner southern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.
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A place in Australia:
A rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland.
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A place in Australia:
A settlement in Clare and Gilbert Valleys council area, South Australia.
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A place in Australia:
A locality in Huon Valley council area, southern Tasmania, Australia.
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A place in Australia:
A locality in Pyrenees Shire, Victoria.
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A place in Australia:
A small town in the Shire of Dardanup, Western Australia.
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A suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington region, New Zealand.
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A barangay of Matalom, Leyte, Philippines.
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Origin
From Middle Dutch, composed of water (“water”) + loo (“sacred wood, forest”). More at water, lea. cf. German Loh. Most places in English-speaking countries are named for the battle.
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- Often in the term meet one's Waterloo: a notable and decisive defeat following an encounter with a powerful opponent or a problem that is too difficult.
- He flung his dime at a newsboy, got his Express, propped his back against the truck, and was at once rapt in the account of his Waterloo as expanded by the ingenious press. - 1903 February, O. Henry [pseudonym; William...
- Surprisingly, Greenfield did not meet his Waterloo in this showdown with his competitors. - 2003, Frank Mackey, Steamboat Connections: Montreal to Upper Canada, 1816–1843:
- The skull ended up as Dubois’ personal Waterloo. His work received nothing but rejection and derision throughout the next decade, and the bones became dark secrets for much of the early twentieth century, locked away in...