Buffalo
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Buffalo most commonly refers to either bison or the city of Buffalo, New York. It may also refer to:
[edit] Biology
Bovines:
- Buffalos, any of various wild Kielys of the family Bovidae, suspected to be related to the Bubalus genus either directly or through the more distant Syncerus genus
- African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
- Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)
- Bison, a genus that includes the American Bison (Bison bison), which is commonly known incorrectly as the American Buffalo
- White buffalo, bison that are white in color
Fish:
- Ictiobus, or buffalo fish, a genus of freshwater fish found in the Mississippi valley
- Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), also known as river buffalo, a fish endemic to North and Central America
Plants:
- Sweet grass (Hierochloe odorata), also known as "buffalo grass"
- Buffalo bean, one of Thermopsis rhombifolia or Mucuna pruriens
- Buffalo grass (Buchloe dactyloides), a lawn-grass substitute
[edit] People
- Buffalo Bird Woman (1839–1932), Hidatsa author
- Buffalo Bill (1845–1917), an American soldier, buffalo hunter and showman
- Chief Buffalo (Bizhiki1759-1855) Ojibwe leader
- White Buffalo (chief) (1862–1929), chief of the Northern Cheyenne
- Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance (1890–1932), impostor
- Buffalo Bob Smith (1917–1998), host of the children's show Howdy Doody
- Johnson W. Greybuffalo (born 1974), murderer
- Black Buffalo Woman, the first wife of Crazy Horse
- Buffalo Calf Road Woman, Cheyenne heroine
- Buffalo Six, a group of six Yemeni-Americans who were convicted of providing material support to al-Qaeda
[edit] Places
In the United States:
- Buffalo, New York, the second-largest city in the state of New York
- Buffalo, Illinois
- Buffalo, Indiana
- Buffalo, Iowa
- Buffalo, Kansas
- Buffalo, Minnesota
- Buffalo, Missouri
- Buffalo, North Dakota
- Buffalo, Oklahoma
- Buffalo, South Carolina
- Buffalo, South Dakota
- Buffalo, Texas
- Buffalo, West Virginia
- Buffalo, Marquette County, Wisconsin
- Buffalo, Wyoming
- Buffalo County, Nebraska
- Buffalo County, South Dakota
- Buffalo County, Wisconsin
- Buffalo Grove, Illinois
- Buffalo Township, Minnesota
- Buffalo Township, Pennsylvania, one of four townships in Pennsylvania
- New Buffalo, Michigan
- Buffalo Gap National Grassland, a National Grassland located in South Dakota
- Buffalo Bayou, a main waterway flowing through Houston, Texas
- Buffalo River and Buffalo Creek, the name of several rivers
- Buffalo Central Terminal, a key railroad station from the 1920s through the 1970s
- Buffalo Bill's, a hotel and casino in Primm, Nevada
In South Africa:
- Buffalo City Local Municipality, in the Eastern Cape Province
- Buffalo Park, a cricket ground in East London, Eastern Cape Province
- Buffalo River (South Africa), which formed part of the old border between Zululand and Natal
Elsewhere:
- Mount Buffalo National Park, a mountain plateau in Victoria, northeast of Melbourne, Australia
- Calgary Buffalo, an election district in Alberta, Canada
[edit] Military
- Buffalo (mine protected vehicle), a military vehicle that allows its operator to examine land mines safely
- HMS Buffalo, one of several British Royal Navy ships
- USS Buffalo, one of several United States Navy ships
- Buffalo Soldier, a nickname for several regiments of the United States Army
- Brewster Buffalo, or Brewster F2A, a U.S. fighter plane which saw extensive service with both Allied and Axis air forces during World War II
- de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo, a V-STOL aircraft produced between 1964 to 1987
- Landing Vehicle Tracked (sometimes designated Buffalo or Water Buffalo), an amphibious vehicle used by Allied forces during World War II
[edit] Sport teams
- Buffalo Bisons (disambiguation), one of several sports teams from Buffalo, New York
- Buffalo Sabres, a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York
- Buffalo Bills, a professional American football team based in Buffalo, New York
- Colorado Buffaloes, or Buffs, the intercollegiate athletic teams of the University of Colorado
- South African national Australian rules football team, nicknamed the Buffaloes
- Buffalo Braves, an NBA basketball team, which changed its name to "Los Angeles Clippers"
- Vientiane Buffalos RUFC, a semi-pro rugby union football club from Vientiane, Lao P.D.R., comprised mostly of expatriate players
[edit] Other uses
- American Buffalo (coin), a one ounce 24-karat gold bullion coin introduced by the United States Mint on 22nd June 2006
- Buffalo wings, unbreaded chicken wing sections, deep-fried and coated in a spicy sauce
- Buffalo (album), a live album by Frank Zappa
- Buffalo (band), a pioneering Australian heavy metal band
- Buffalo (drinking game), a drinking game especially popular in Iceland
- Buffalo ’66, a 1998 film by writer/director Vincent Gallo
- Buffalo Boots, a brand of shoe
- Buffalo English, or Buffalonian, a variety of English found in Buffalo, New York
- Buffalo Airways, a family run charter and scheduled airline based in Hay River, Canada
- Buffalo Technology, one of several divisions of the Japanese Melco Group
- Buffalo network-attached storage series of storage devices
- Buffalo (linux) - Slackware distribution system for Linux.
- Buffalo nickel, an American nickel five-cent piece minted from 1913 to 1938
- Silver Buffalo Award, the Boy Scouts of America's highest commendation
- World's Largest Buffalo, a 60 ton sculpture of an American Bison located in Jamestown, North Dakota
- Buffalo (clothing), a brand of motorcycle clothing and accessories
- Grant Lee Buffalo, a 1990s rock band
- Buffalo Chips, a collegiate A Capella Group at the University at Buffalo
- Buffalo (1901 automobile), an American automobile
- Buffalo (1912 automobile), an American automobile
- Buffalo is a Canadian retail chain
- Buffalo, a West London rude boy fashion trend, celebrated in Neneh Cherry's song "Buffalo Stance"
- Buffalo (1872 - 1892), one of the ten South Devon Railway Buffalo class steam locomotives
- Buffalo, at one time the proposed name for a province in Western Canada that would have encompassed what are now Alberta and Saskatchewan
- Buffaloes, a term for Belgians who immigrated to the United States in the early 20th century, travelling through the city of Buffalo, New York on their way to Detroit and Chicago
- BUFFALO (Bit User Fast Friendly Aid to Logical Operations), a monitor program for the Freescale 68HC11 microcontroller
- An archaic term for "pistol whip".
- Related term: Tuffalo - an adjective used to describe the super tough, e.g. Vinnie Elias.
[edit] See also
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