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- Waterloo_Street abstract "Waterloo Street (Chinese: 滑铁卢街) is a two-way street in downtown Singapore stretching from Rochor Road to Bras Basah Road. It passes through the planning areas of Rochor and Museum Planning Area. The street was constructed in 1837 and was initially named Church Street after Thomas Church, who became a resident councillor that same year. A survey of this street was done by J.T. Thomson, and it was very likely that he used Church's name for the street due to the close working relationship between the two of them. The street name was renamed to its present name by the Municipal Council in 1858 to commemorate the Duke of Wellington's victory over the French in 1815, which is the Battle of Waterloo. Formerly a one-way street, the street has been converted to two ways for a couple of years, and the northern end of the street has been converted into a pedestrian mall to ease the problem of traffic jams and the crowd at Kwan Im Thong Hood Co Temple in the past, especially during the weekends and public holidays. The street, which previously extended to Stamford Road, has been shortened after the construction of Singapore Management University's city campus and the MRT station. There are several well-known landmarks, including the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple, Maghain Aboth Synagogue, Sculpture Square and Sri Krishnan Temple. Maghain Aboth Synagogue is the oldest synagogue in Singapore and was built by the local Jewish community in 1878. The Tamils call the street krishmen kovil sadakku or \"Street of the Krishnan Temple\", where the Sri Krishnan Temple is located next to the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple. The street is known as mang ku lu chai tng koi in Hokkien, which mean the street in Bencoolen where the vegetarian hall is. Waterloo street is parallel to North Bridge Road, Victoria Street, Queen Street (in sequence). These were the major roads to the city in the olden days. As the road names were too difficult to pronounce, the locals simply called them Toa Beh Lo, Tzee Beh Lo, and Sa Beh Lo which means \"the big(first) road\", \"the second road\", \"the third road\". The Hokkiens and Teochews call Waterloo Street si beh lo which simply means \"the forth road\".".
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- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Albert_Centre.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Waterloo.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Bengkulu_(city).
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Bras_Basah.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Category:1837_establishments.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Category:Museum_Planning_Area.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Category:Roads_in_Singapore.
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- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Easter_University_Press.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Former_Middle_Road_Church.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Fortune_Centre.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Fu_Lu_Shou_Complex.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink John_Turnbull_Thomson.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Kampong_Kapor_Methodist_Church.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Kwan_Im_Thong_Hood_Cho_Temple.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Maghain_Aboth_Synagogue.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Mass_Rapid_Transit_(Singapore).
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Municipal_council.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Museum_District,_Singapore.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink OG_Albert_Complex.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Pedestrian_zone.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Plaza_by_the_Park.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Rochor.
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- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Sculpture_Square.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Simplified_Chinese_characters.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Singapore.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Singapore_Art_Museum.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Singapore_Management_University.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Southern_Min.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Sri_Krishnan_Temple.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Stamford_Road.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Surveying.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Tamils.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink The_Bencoolen.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Thomas_Church_(councillor).
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Traffic_congestion.
- Waterloo_Street wikiPageWikiLink Urban_planning_areas_of_Singapore.
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- Waterloo_Street subject Category:1837_establishments.
- Waterloo_Street subject Category:Museum_Planning_Area.
- Waterloo_Street subject Category:Roads_in_Singapore.
- Waterloo_Street subject Category:Rochor.
- Waterloo_Street hypernym Street.
- Waterloo_Street type District.
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- Waterloo_Street type Establishment.
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- Waterloo_Street comment "Waterloo Street (Chinese: 滑铁卢街) is a two-way street in downtown Singapore stretching from Rochor Road to Bras Basah Road. It passes through the planning areas of Rochor and Museum Planning Area. The street was constructed in 1837 and was initially named Church Street after Thomas Church, who became a resident councillor that same year. A survey of this street was done by J.T.".
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