Waterloo

Waterloo

Many things bear the name Waterloo. They are almost all named directly or indirectly after the settlement of Waterloo, Belgium and the famous battle which was fought near there. Presently the largest cities with this name are Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and Waterloo, Iowa, U.S.

Battle

*Battle of Waterloo

Places

In Australia

*Waterloo, New South Wales
*Waterloo, Tasmania
*Waterloo, Western Australia

In Belgium

*Waterloo, Belgium

In Canada

*Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario
**The city of Waterloo, Ontario
**University of Waterloo, in Waterloo, Ontario
**Kitchener—Waterloo, an electoral district in Ontario
*Waterloo, Nova Scotia
*Waterloo, Quebec

In the UK

*Waterloo, Derbyshire
*Waterloo, Dorset
*Waterloo, Sefton, Merseyside
*Waterloo, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
*Waterlooville, Hampshire
*Lambeth, London, more commonly referred to as Waterloo due to the railway station there
**London Waterloo station
**Waterloo Bridge, London
**Waterloo Road, London
*Waterloo Bridge, Betws-y-Coed

In Hong Kong

*Waterloo Road, Kowloon
*Waterloo Station of MTR

In the Netherlands

*Waterlooplein, Amsterdam

In New Zealand

*Waterloo, New Zealand (a suburb of Lower Hutt)

In Scotland

*Waterloo, Scotland, Perth and Kinross
*Waterloo, North Lanarkshire

In Sierra Leone

*Waterloo, Sierra Leone

In the United States [There are 30 Waterloos in the United States across 28 states - two each in Wisconsin and Virginia. Thus, Waterloo rivals Springfield, which appears in 34 different US states.]

*Waterloo, Alabama
*Waterloo, Illinois
*Waterloo, Indiana, in DeKalb County
*Waterloo, Fayette County, Indiana
*Waterloo, Johnson County, Indiana
*Waterloo, Iowa
*Waterloo, Kansas
*Waterloo, Kentucky
*Waterloo, Louisiana
*Waterloo, Missouri
*Waterloo, Nebraska
*Waterloo, New Hampshire
*Waterloo Village, New Jersey
*Waterloo, New Mexico
*Waterloo (town), New York
**Waterloo (village), New York
*Waterloo, Oregon
*Waterloo, Pennsylvania
*Waterloo, South Carolina
*Waterloo, Tennessee
*Waterloo, Texas (former name for Austin, Texas)
*Waterloo, Clarke County, Virginia
*Waterloo, Fauquier County, Virginia
*Waterloo, West Virginia
*Waterloo, Grant County, Wisconsin, a town
*Waterloo, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, a town
**Waterloo, Wisconsin, a city within the town of Waterloo in Jefferson County

Near Antarctica

*"Waterloo", the Russian name of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands

Entertainment

*"Waterloo" (album), by ABBA
*Waterloo (song), by ABBA
*Waterloo (song), by Stonewall Jackson
*Waterloo (film)
*"Waterloo Sunset", a song by The Kinks
*"Waterloo to Anywhere", an album by Dirty Pretty Things
*Waterloo Records, an independent music store in Austin, Texas.

Other

*Waterloo Black Hawks USHL tier 1 junior hockey team, Waterloo, Iowa
*Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
*Waterloo Hydrogeologic, a groundwater software, training and consulting company
*Waterloo R.F.C., a rugby union club based in Liverpool
*The name of [http://www.boardgamegeek.com/metasearch.php?searchtype=game&search=Waterloo&B1=Go ten different board games]
*Waterloo State Recreation Area, a state park located in Michigan's lower peninsula which covers convert|21000|acre|km2 of forest and lakes.
*Slang for water toilet

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