Waterloo — English Dictionary

Proper noun

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.

3. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A place in Canada: A rural community of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.

4. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A place in Canada: A regional municipality and city in Ontario, Canada.

5. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A place in Canada: A city in La Haute-Yamaska regional county municipality, Estrie, Quebec.

6. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California.

7. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Illinois.

8. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A number of places in the United States: A town in Grant Township and Smithfield Township, DeKalb County, Indiana.

9. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A number of places in the United States: A township and unincorporated community therein, in Fayette County, Indiana.

10. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in White River Township, Johnson County, Indiana.

11. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Black Hawk County, Iowa.

12. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A number of places in the United States: A village and town, the county seat of Seneca County, New York.

13. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A number of places in the United States: A town in Grant County, Wisconsin.

14. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A number of places in the United States: A town and city therein, in Jefferson County, Wisconsin.

15. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A number of places in the United States: A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Waterloo Township.

16. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. 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).

17. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A hamlet in Blisland parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX1072).

18. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A village in Pilsley parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4163).

19. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A northern suburb of Poole, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ0094).

20. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. 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).

21. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. 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.

22. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. 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).

23. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A suburb of Crosby, Sefton borough, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3198).

24. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A small village in Hainford parish, Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2219).

25. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A hamlet in Gillingham parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM4293).

26. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A small village in Scole parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM1479).

27. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A hamlet in Whixall parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4933).

28. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A number of places in the United Kingdom: An eastern suburb of Huddersfield, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1716).

29. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A settlement near Broadford, Isle of Skye, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG6623).

30. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. 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).

31. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A hamlet north-west of Bankfoot, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO0636).

32. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A hamlet in Rudry community, Caerphilly borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1988).

33. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A suburb of Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9703).

34. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A city in the Western Area of Sierra Leone.

35. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A place in Australia: An inner southern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.

36. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A place in Australia: A rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland.

37. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A place in Australia: A settlement in Clare and Gilbert Valleys council area, South Australia.

38. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A place in Australia: A locality in Huon Valley council area, southern Tasmania, Australia.

39. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A place in Australia: A locality in Pyrenees Shire, Victoria.

40. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A place in Australia: A small town in the Shire of Dardanup, Western Australia.

41. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington region, New Zealand.

42. The name of any of several villages, towns, and cities around the world. A barangay of Matalom, Leyte, Philippines.

Noun

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.

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   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.

   Surprisingly, Greenfield did not meet his Waterloo in this showdown with his competitors.

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   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 Dubois’ home, unavailable for study by other scholars.