Waterloo

American  

[waw-ter-loo, wot-er-, waw-ter-loo, wot-er-, vah-tuhr-loh] / ˈwɔ tərˌlu, ˈwɒt ər-, ˌwɔ tərˈlu, ˌwɒt ər-, ˈvɑ tərˌloʊ /

noun

1. a village in central Belgium, south of Brussels: Napoleon decisively defeated here on June 18, 1815.

2. a decisive or crushing defeat.

   The candidate met her Waterloo in the national elections.

3. a city in E Iowa.

4. a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada.

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Waterloo British  

/ ˌwɔːtəˈluː /

noun

1. a small town in central Belgium, in Walloon Brabant province south of Brussels: battle (1815) fought nearby in which British and Prussian forces under the Duke of Wellington and Blücher routed the French under Napoleon. Pop: 29 003 (2004 est)

2. a total or crushing defeat (esp in meet one's Waterloo )

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Waterloo Idioms  

1. see meet one's waterloo.

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Example Sentences

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Waterloo

The University of Waterloo was building a formidable engineering and math faculty, and had offered my father a position.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

The street artist erected the statue of a man marching off a plinth with his face covered by a flag at Waterloo Place on 29 April.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

There are 65 Canadian colleges listed, he says, including McGill University, the University of Toronto, the University of Waterloo and the University of British Columbia.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Researchers from Kyushu University, the University of Waterloo, and Stockholm University may now have part of the answer.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

Was this the kid sister he had last seen on Waterloo Station only three months ago, and now a member of an international elite?

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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