1. Waterloo - Noun
2. Waterloo - 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.
A regional municipality and city in Ontario, Canada.
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 suburb of Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
Waterloo (plural Waterloos)
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.
The Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Every man meets his Waterloo at last. Wendell Phillips
The success of our surprise attack on Pearl Harbor will prove to be the Waterloo of the war to follow. For this reason the Imperial Navy is massing the cream of its strength in ships and planes to assure success. Chuichi Nagumo
Probably the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there. George Orwell
The city overwhelmed our expectations. The Kiplingesque grandeur of Waterloo Station, the Eliotic despondency of the brick row in Chelsea the Dickensian nightmare of fog and sweating pavement and besmirched cornices. John Updike
When the first just and friendly man appeared on the earth, from that day a fatal Waterloo was visible for all the men of pride and fraud and blood. Charles Fletcher Dole