waterloo
IPA: wˈɔtɝɫu
Root Word: Waterloo
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.
- A place in Canada:
- A rural community in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.
- A regional municipality and city in Ontario, Canada.
- A city in La Haute-Yamaska regional county municipality, Estrie, Quebec.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California.
- A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Illinois.
- A town in Grant Township and Smithfield Township, DeKalb County, Indiana.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Fayette County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in White River Township, Johnson County, Indiana.
- A city, the county seat of Black Hawk County, Iowa.
- A village and town, the county seat of Seneca County, New York.
- A town in Grant County, Wisconsin.
- A town and city therein, in Jefferson County, Wisconsin.
- A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Waterloo Township.
- A number of places in the United Kingdom:
- A district and large railway terminus in central London, England.
- A northern suburb of Poole, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ0094).
- Former name of Waterlooville, Hampshire, although Waterloo is still the name of a council ward in Waterlooville for Havant borough.
- A small suburb in Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6625).
- A suburb of Crosby, Sefton borough, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3198).
- A small village in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2219).
- A small village in South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM1479).
- A hamlet in Whixall parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4933).
- An eastern suburb of Huddersfield, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1716).
- A hamlet in Caerphilly county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1988).
- A city in the Western Area of Sierra Leone.
- A place in Australia:
- An inner southern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.
- A rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland.
- A settlement in Clare and Gilbert Valleys council area, South Australia.
- A locality in Pyrenees Shire, Victoria.
- A small town in the Shire of Dardanup, Western Australia.
- A suburb of Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
- 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.
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Examples of "waterloo" in Sentences
- One of the biggest nerds in Waterloo.
- Was it Waterloo that lost the RN the Med
- The Waterloo Hurricanes drop out of the league.
- Please do not merge back into waterloo station.
- Waterloo, the top of the knoll and the famous lion.
- The subject of the painting is the Battle of Waterloo.
- The township completely encircles the city of Waterloo.
- Michael and Fluffy travel to Waterloo to get the train.
- The school was at the edge of the battlefield of Waterloo.
- NDI is a prospering company from the university of waterloo.
- Fred ♪ ♫ ♪ says: waterloo is my vocabulary word for the day.
- Obambi's waterloo is Obambi; he lies to the American people NONSTOP.
- He has met his "waterloo" and should keep his mouth shut from now on.
- As they said, if they can stop this health care plan it wil be his "waterloo".
- How come you don’t hear the right say the word waterloo now that it is about them?
- This is one more example of Mr. Demint and other republicans trying to cause Obama's "waterloo".
- Can someone call Sen Jim "waterloo" Demint to release the HOLD he placed on Obama administration nominee for TSA For his own partisan reason.
- For the sake of security of the flying public, why is Sen Jim "waterloo" Demint (R) South Carolina holding the obama ` s administration nomination for the TSA from been confirmed?
- Your "waterloo" statement that if you can stop President Obama on health care, it could be his undoing, and this idea that -- does that just give the perception that all you're interested in is scuttling this bill as opposed to trying to find health care reform.
- DeMint, famous for his 'waterloo' comments about health care reform and Obama, should stop making false predictions about anything and everything, and let Crist continue in the race; who knows Crist might even win the race continuing DeMint's wrong predictions record!
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