
n., pl., -loos.
A final, crushing defeat.
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A crushing or final defeat.
Etymology
After Waterloo, a village in central Belgium where the Battle of Waterloo took place in 1815. That was Napoleon Bonaparte's last battle. He was decisively defeated by the British and Prussian forces and exiled to the island of Saint Helena
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Français (French)
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Deutsch (German)
n. - Waterloo, entscheidende Niederlage
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Português (Portuguese)
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Русский (Russian)
Ватерлоо, сражение у Ватерлоо, последняя, решающая битва, разгром
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Español (Spanish)
n. - Waterloo, derrota decisiva
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Svenska (Swedish)
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中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
滑铁卢, 惨败
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中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 滑鐵盧, 慘敗
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한국어 (Korean)
n. - 워털루 (벨기에 중부의 마을; 1815년 나폴레옹의 패전지), 참패, 대패배, 파멸의 원인
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ワーテルロー, 惨敗
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) هزيمه حاسمه على اسم المكان في بلجيكا حيث انهزم نابوليون
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - תבוסה, מפלה כבדה, סוף בלתי-נמנע, ווטרלו
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