Waterloo

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Contents 1 Battle 2 Places 2.1 In Australia 2.2 In Belgium 2.3 In Canada 2.4 In Hong Kong 2.5 In the Netherlands 2.6 In New Zealand 2.7 In Sierra Leone 2.8 In the United Kingdom 2.9 In the United States[1] 2.10 Near Antarctica 3 Entertainment 4 Other 5 Notes

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

[edit] Battle

• Battle of Waterloo

[edit] Places

[edit] In Australia

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

[edit] In Belgium

• Waterloo, Belgium

[edit] 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

[edit] In Hong Kong

• Waterloo Road, Kowloon
• Waterloo Station of MTR

[edit] In the Netherlands

• Waterlooplein, Amsterdam

[edit] In New Zealand

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

[edit] In Sierra Leone

• Waterloo, Sierra Leone

[edit] In the United Kingdom

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

[edit] In the United States^[1]

• Waterloo, Alabama
• Waterloo, Illinois
• Waterloo, Indiana
• Waterloo, Iowa
• Waterloo, Kansas
• Waterloo, Kentucky
• Waterloo, Louisiana
• Waterloo, Missouri
• Waterloo, Nebraska
• Waterloo, New Hampshire
• Waterloo, New Jersey
• Waterloo, New Mexico
• Waterloo, New York (village)
• Waterloo, New York (town)
• 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, Wisconsin
• Waterloo, Grant County, Wisconsin
• Waterloo, Jefferson County, Wisconsin

[edit] Near Antarctica

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

[edit] Entertainment

• Waterloo (album), by ABBA
• Waterloo (song), by ABBA
• 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.

[edit] Other

• 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 ten different board games
• Waterloo State Recreation Area, a state park located in Michigan's lower peninsula which covers 21,000 acres of forest and lakes.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ 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.