Buffalo
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Buffalo may refer to:
[edit] Animals
[edit] Bovine
- African Buffalo or Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
- American Buffalo, North American colloquial name for American Bison (Bison bison)
- Wisent, or Eurasian Buffalo (Bison bonasus)
- Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), domestic bovid widely used for dairy, meat and draught
- Wild Water Buffalo (Bubalus arnee), the ancestor of the domestic water buffalo
- Dwarf Buffalo, or anoa, any of several small species of Bubalus
[edit] Places
[edit] Settlements and administrative areas
[edit] Canada
[edit] South Africa
[edit] United States
- Buffalo, Illinois
- Buffalo Township, Ogle County, Illinois
- Buffalo, Indiana
- Buffalo, Iowa
- Buffalo, Kansas
- Buffalo, Kentucky
- New Buffalo, Michigan
- Buffalo, Minnesota
- Buffalo Township, Wright County, Minnesota
- Buffalo, Missouri
- Buffalo, Montana
- Buffalo County, Nebraska
- Buffalo, New York, largest city named Buffalo
- Buffalo, North Dakota
- Buffalo Township, Noble County, Ohio
- Buffalo, Oklahoma
- Buffalo Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation), any of four townships in Pennsylvania
- Buffalo, South Carolina
- Buffalo, South Dakota
- Buffalo County, South Dakota
- Buffalo, Texas
- Buffalo, West Virginia
- Buffalo County, Wisconsin
- Buffalo, Marquette County, Wisconsin
- Buffalo, Wyoming
[edit] Other places
[edit] People
[edit] Companies and organizations
[edit] Arts and entertainment
[edit] Sculpture
- Buffalo Bills, an NFL football team from Buffalo, New York
- Buffalo Sabres, an NHL hockey team from Buffalo, New York
- Buffalo Bulls, the intercollegiate athletic teams of the University at Buffalo
- Basingstoke Buffalo, an ice hockey team from Basingstoke, Hampshire, England
- Buffaloes, nickname of the South Africa national Australian rules football team
- Calgary Buffaloes, former name of Calgary Centennials, a former junior ice hockey team in Calgary, Canada
- Calgary Buffaloes (AJHL), a former junior ice hockey team in Calgary, Canada
- Colorado Buffaloes, the intercollegiate athletic teams of the University of Colorado at Boulder
- Darwin Buffaloes, an Australian Rules Football team in Northern Territories, Australia
- Green Buffaloes F.C., a football (soccer) club based in Lusaka, Zambia
- Manitoba Buffalo, a Canadian rugby union team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Vélodrome Buffalo and Stade Buffalo, former cycling tracks in Paris
- Vientiane Buffalos RUFC, a semi-pro rugby union football club from Vientiane, Lao P.D.R., consisting mostly of expatriate players
- Orix Buffaloes, a Japanese professional baseball team
- Kintetsu Buffaloes, a former Japanese professional baseball team
[edit] Technology
- American Buffalo (coin), a one ounce 24-karat gold bullion coin introduced by the United States Mint on 22 June 2006
- Buffalo nickel or Indian Head nickel, an American nickel five-cent piece minted from 1913 to 1938
[edit] Computers
[edit] Military
- Avro 571 Buffalo, a 1920s prototype carrier-based British torpedo bomber
- 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
- Buffalo (mine protected vehicle), a military vehicle that allows its operator to examine land mines safely
- Buffalo or Water Buffalo, British designation for Landing Vehicle Tracked, an amphibious vehicle used by Allied forces during World War II
- HMS Buffalo, any of several British Royal Navy ships
- USS Buffalo, any of several United States Navy ships
- MV Buffalo Soldier (T-AK-9301), a United States Navy Military Sealift Command Maritime Prepositioning ship
- Buffalo Soldier, a nickname for several black cavalry and infantry regiments of the United States Army
- de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo, a V-STOL aircraft produced between 1964 to 1987
- Operation Buffalo (disambiguation), any of three military operations
[edit] Transport
- Buffalo Commons, a conceptual proposal to create a vast nature reserve in the Great Plains area
- Buffalo jump, a cliff used historically by Native American people to kill American bison
- Buffalo pound, an enclosure used historically by Native American people to catch and kill American bison
- Buffalo Boots, a brand of shoe
- Buffalo (drinking game)
- Buffalo wings, a spicy chicken snack originating in Buffalo, NY
- To "buffalo" (as a verb) is to pistol-whip someone with the barrel of a gun, rather than with the butt.
- BUFFALO, A pejorative nickname for someone from either counties Laois or Offaly, Ireland.
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