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Kitchener
Kitchener city (1991 pop. 168,282), Regional Municipality of Waterloo, S Ont., Canada, in the Grand River valley. Settled largely by Mennonites from Pennsylvania in 1806, it was known as Berlin until 1916, when it was renamed in memory of Lord Kitchener. Its products include packaged meats, metal a...
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Waterloo
Waterloo . 1 City (1991 pop. 71,181), SE Ont., Canada. It adjoins Kitchener . Several large insurance companies have their main offices there. Its industries include distilleries and plants making furniture, farm machinery, and metal products. The district was settled (1800-1805) by Mennonites fr...
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Waterloo
Waterloo city (1990 pop. 66,467), seat of Black Hawk co., NE Iowa, on the Cedar River; inc. 1868. Originally a center for sawmills and flour mills, Waterloo is a trade and industrial center in a farm and livestock area. The city's chief industries are meatpacking, soybean processing, and the manufa...
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Cambridge
Cambridge , city (1991 pop. 92,772), S Ont., Canada, on the Grand River, NW of Hamilton. It was formed in 1973 with the amalgamation of Galt, Hespeler, and Preston, all founded in the early 19th cent., and parts of Waterloo and North Dumfries townships. Cambridge is heavily industrialized, with manu...
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Waterloo
Waterloo , commune (1991 pop. 27,860), Walloon Brabant prov., central Belgium, near Brussels. The battle of Waterloo (see Waterloo campaign ) was fought just south of there on June 18, 1815. The battle is commemorated by a large monument (built 1823-27).
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John Rennie
John Rennie 1761-1821, British civil engineer. In London he designed the Waterloo (1811-17) and Southwark (1815-19) bridges. London Bridge, also designed by him, was built (1824-31) by his son, Sir John Rennie, 1794-1874, who was knighted on its completion.
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François Rude
François Rude , 1784-1855, French sculptor. As a Bonapartist, he left Paris after the battle of Waterloo and spent 12 years in Brussels. Rude is best known for his monumental relief on the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, The Departure of the Volunteers, known also as La Marseillaise. ...
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Chouans
Chouans [Norman Fr.,=owls], peasants of W France who rose against the French Revolutionary government in 1793. One of their first leaders was Jean Cottereau, traditionally nicknamed Jean Chouan, marquis de La Rouerie [John the owl, marquess of Mischief], and the Chouans supposedly used the hoot of ...
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Ontario
Ontario , province (2001 pop. 11,410,046), 412,582 sq mi (1,068,587 sq km), E central Canada.
Land and People
Ontario, the second largest Canadian province, is the most populous and the leader in mineral, industrial, and agricultural output and in financial and other services. It is bounde...
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Brussels
Brussels , Fr. Bruxelles, Du. Brussel, city and region (1995 pop. 948,122), 63 sq mi (162 sq km), capital of Belgium, central Belgium, on the Senne River and at the junction of the Charleroi-Brussels and Willebroek canals. The city lies within, but is not part of, Flemish Brabant . It is offici...
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