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Waterloo

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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 from Pennsylvania. The Univ. of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier Univ. are there. 2 Town (1991 pop. 3,964), S Que., Canada, SE of Montreal. It is the center of a farming region known for its mushrooms. Manufactures include plastics, wire goods, and baby carriages.

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Waterloo

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Waterloo, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, USA 1. Belgium: derived from the Flemish water ‘water’ and loo ‘sacred wood’.2. USA (Iowa): founded as Prairie Rapids in 1845, it was renamed to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. This is true of several other places with this name in the USA and Canada.

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