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Waterloo

Syllables: Wa·ter·loo/ˌwɔːtəˈluː/US/ˌwɔtɚˈluː/

Waterloo proper noun: a village in Walloon Brabant, Belgium; the site of a major military battle in 1815.

Proper noun

Waterloo

  1. A village in Walloon Brabant, Belgium; the site of a major military battle in 1815.
  2. A battle fought at Waterloo, Belgium on June 18, 1815, resulting in the epic, final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte.
    Synonyms:
    Battle of Waterloo
  3. A rural community of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.
  4. A regional municipality and city in Ontario, Canada.
  5. A city in La Haute-Yamaska regional county municipality, Estrie, Quebec.
  6. A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California.
  7. A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Illinois.
  8. A town in Grant Township and Smithfield Township, DeKalb County, Indiana.
  9. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Fayette County, Indiana.
  10. An unincorporated community in White River Township, Johnson County, Indiana.
  11. A city, the county seat of Black Hawk County, Iowa.
  12. A village and town, the county seat of Seneca County, New York.
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  1. A town in Grant County, Wisconsin.
  2. A town and city therein, in Jefferson County, Wisconsin.
  3. A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Waterloo Township.
  4. A district and large railway terminus in central London, England, in the borough of Lambeth (OS grid ref TQ3180).
  5. A hamlet in Blisland parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX1072).
  6. A village in Pilsley parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4163).
  7. A northern suburb of Poole, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ0094).
  8. A northern suburb of Ashton-under-Lyne, Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9300).
  9. Former name of Waterlooville, Hampshire, although Waterloo is still the name of a council ward in Waterlooville for Havant borough.
  10. A small suburb in south-west Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6625).
  11. A suburb of Crosby, Sefton borough, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3198).
  12. A small village in Hainford parish, Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2219).
  13. A hamlet in Gillingham parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM4293).
  14. A small village in Scole parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM1479).
  15. A hamlet in Whixall parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4933).
  16. An eastern suburb of Huddersfield, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1716).
  17. A settlement near Broadford, Isle of Skye, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG6623).
  18. A small suburb on the eastern outskirts of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8054).
  19. A hamlet north-west of Bankfoot, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO0636).
  20. A hamlet in Rudry community, Caerphilly borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1988).
  21. A suburb of Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9703).
  22. A city in the Western Area of Sierra Leone.
  23. An inner southern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.
  24. A rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland.
  25. A settlement in Clare and Gilbert Valleys council area, South Australia.
  26. A locality in Huon Valley council area, southern Tasmania, Australia.
  27. A locality in Pyrenees Shire, Victoria.
  28. A small town in the Shire of Dardanup, Western Australia.
  29. A suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington region, New Zealand.
  30. A barangay of Matalom, Leyte, Philippines.

Noun

Waterloo (plural Waterloos)

  1. 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 Sydney Porter], “Hygeia at the Solito”, in Everybody’s Magazine, volume VIII, number 2, New York, N.Y.: John Wanamaker, →ISSN, page 173, column 1
    • Surprisingly, Greenfield did not meet his Waterloo in this showdown with his competitors.2003, Frank Mackey, Steamboat Connections: Montreal to Upper Canada, 1816–1843

Waterloo meaning in Tamil

Waterloo in Tamil

கடைசிப்போர், இறுதிப்போராட்டம், கடைசிப்பேரடி

Synonyms of Waterloo

  • Battle of Waterloo

Forms of Waterloo

pluralWaterloos

Origin of Waterloo

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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Phrases with Waterloo

Words that rhyme with Waterloo

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Questions about Waterloo

What does Waterloo mean?
Waterloo means a village in Walloon Brabant, Belgium; the site of a major military battle in 1815.
What is Waterloo in Tamil?
Waterloo in Tamil is கடைசிப்போர், இறுதிப்போராட்டம், கடைசிப்பேரடி. See Waterloo meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Waterloo?
Waterloo can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Waterloo?
Waterloo is pronounced /ˌwɔːtəˈluː/ (UK).

Words near Waterloo in the dictionary

  1. waterloggedness
  2. waterlogging
  3. waterloggings
  4. waterloggogenic
  5. waterlogs
  6. Waterloo
  7. Waterloo blue
  8. Waterloo cracker
  9. Waterloo crackers
  10. Waterloos
  11. Waterloovian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Waterloo (page history and authors); waterloo (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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