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Buffalo
Buffalo
Buffalo may mean:
Animals
Cattle
• African Buffalo • Buffalo, any of the species in the Asian bovine genus Bubalus • Domestic Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), widely used for dairy, meat and draught • Wild Asian Water Buffalo (Bubalus arnee), the ancestor of the domestic water buffalo • Dwarf buffalo or anoa, any of several small species of Bubalus • Buffalo or American Buffalo, colloquial American names for American Bison • White buffalo, sporadically occurring white American bison with spiritual significance in several Native American religions
• Buffalo bean (Mucuna pruriens) • Buffalo clover (Alysicarpus vaginalis), a plant in the Alysicarpus genus • Buffalo clover (Lupinus subcarnosus), a bluebonnet lupin • Buffalo clover or running buffalo clover (Trifolium stoloniferum), a rare true clover • Buffalo currant (Ribes aureum), an American shrub • Buffalo gourd (Cucurbita foetidissima), an American wild cucumber • Buffalo grass, sweet vernal grass or vanilla grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum) • Buffalo grass (Buchloe dactyloides) • Buffalo grass or sweet grass (Hierochloe odorata) • Buffalo grass or St. Augustine grass (Stenotaphrum secundatum) • Buffalo sallee (Eucalyptus mitchelliana), a small Australian tree
Places
Settlements and administrative areas
United States
African Buffalo
American Bison
Birds
• Buffalo weaver, either of two species of African bird in the genus Bubalornis
Fish
• Buffalo fish, any of the members of the Ictiobus genus of North American fish in the carp family
Insects
• Buffalo gnat or black fly, any of the biting flies of the family Simulidae • Buffalo Treehopper (Stictocephala bisonia), a North American species of treehopper
Plants
• Buffalo bean (Thermopsis rhombifolia)
(alphabetical by state) • Buffalo, Illinois • Buffalo Township, Ogle County, Illinois • Buffalo Grove, Illinois • Buffalo, Indiana • Buffalo, Iowa • Buffalo, Kansas • Buffalo, Kentucky • New Buffalo, Michigan • Buffalo, Minnesota • Buffalo Lake, Minnesota • Buffalo Township, Minnesota • Buffalo, Missouri • Buffalo County, Nebraska • Buffalo, New York, largest US city named Buffalo • University at Buffalo, State University of New York • SUNY Buffalo State College • Buffalo, North Dakota • Buffalo Township, Noble County, Ohio • Buffalo, Oklahoma
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• Buffalo Township, Pennsylvania, any of four townships in Pennsylvania • Buffalo, South Carolina • Buffalo, South Dakota • Buffalo County, South Dakota • Buffalo, Texas • Buffalo Gap, Texas • Buffalo, West Virginia • Buffalo County, Wisconsin • Buffalo City, Wisconsin • Buffalo, Buffalo County, Wisconsin • Buffalo, Marquette County, Wisconsin • Buffalo, Wyoming
Buffalo
People
See also: Chief Buffalo (disambiguation) • Black Buffalo Woman, the first wife of Crazy Horse • Buffalo or Beshekee, Ojibwa chief of the Leech Lake Band • Buffalo Bill (1845–1917), American soldier, buffalo hunter and showman • Buffalo Bird Woman (1839–1932), Hidatsa author • Buffalo Bob Smith (1917–1998), host of the children’s show Howdy Doody • Buffalo Calf Road Woman, Cheyenne heroine • Buffalo Hump, Comanche leader • Buffalo Jim or James Barrier (1953-2008), an American wrestling promotor • Buffalo Point First Nation, an Ojibwa or Saulteaux First Nation in Manitoba • Buffalo Six, six Yemeni-Americans convicted of supporting al-Qaeda • The Buffalo Nine, nine Vietnam War protesters arrested in 1968 • Chief Buffalo, Great Buffalo or Kechewaishke (Gichi-weshki 1759-1855), Ojibwe leader • Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance (1890–1932), journalist, soldier and Native American impostor • John Buffalo Mailer (born 1978), author, playwright and journalist • Johnson W. Greybuffalo (born 1974), murderer • Norton Buffalo (born 1951), singersongwriter • White Buffalo (chief) (1862–1929), chief of the Northern Cheyenne
Canada
• Calgary Buffalo, a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. • Buffalo Narrows, Saskatchewan, a small Metis community in Northern Saskatchewan • Province of Buffalo, one of several proposals for what eventually became Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada
Watercourses
• Buffalo Bayou, a main waterway flowing through Houston, Texas, United States • Buffalo River, any of several rivers • Buffalo Creek, any of several creeks • Little Buffalo River, a river in Lawrence County, Tennessee, United States
Other places
• Buffalo Gap National Grassland, a protected area in South Dakota, United States • Buffalo Hills, a mountain range in Washoe County, Nevada, United States • Buffalo National Park, former national park in eastern Alberta, Canada • Buffalo Ridge, a large expanse of rolling hills in Minnesota, United States • Buffalo Speedway, a street in Houston, Texas, United States, near the site of a former racecourse • Mount Buffalo National Park, a mountain plateau in Victoria, Australia, 200 km northeast of Melbourne • Wood Buffalo National Park, a national park in northeastern Alberta and southern Northwest Territories, Canada
Companies and organizations
• Buffalo Airways, a charter and scheduled airline based in Hay River, Canada • Buffalo Exchange, a chain of second-hand clothing stores based in Tucson, Arizona, United States
Arts and entertainment
Music
• Buffalo (album), a live album by Frank Zappa
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• Buffalo (band), an Australian heavy metal band • Donna the Buffalo an American band from Trumansburg, New York • Grant Lee Buffalo, a 1990s rock band
Buffalo
Coins
• 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
Sculpture
• World’s Largest Buffalo, a 60 ton sculpture of an American Bison located in Jamestown, North Dakota
Computers
• Bit User Fast Friendly Aid to Logical Operations (BUFFALO), a monitor program for the Freescale 68HC11 microcontroller • Buffalo network-attached storage series, computer storage devices
Sport
• Basingstoke Buffalo, an ice hockey team from Basingstoke, Hampshire, England • Buffalo Bills, a professional American football team based in Buffalo, New York • Buffalo Bisons (disambiguation), any of several sports teams from Buffalo, New York • Buffalo Braves, an NBA basketball team from 1970-1978, now the Los Angeles Clippers • Buffaloes, nickname of the South African national Australian rules football team • Buffalo Sabres, a NHL team based in Buffalo, New York • 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, or Buffs, the intercollegiate athletic teams of the University of Colorado • 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., comprised mostly of expatriate players • Orix Buffaloes, a Japanese professional baseball team • Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes, a former Japanese professional baseball team
Military
• Avro Buffalo, a 1920s prototype carrierbased 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, occasional 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 regiments of the United States Army • de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo, a VSTOL aircraft produced between 1964 to 1987 • Operation Buffalo, any of three military operations
Transport
• Buffalo (1872 - 1892), any of the ten South Devon Railway Buffalo class steam locomotives • Buffalo (1901 automobile), a US automobile • Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company, a US automobile company
Technology
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• GM Buffalo bus, a slang term for several models of intercity motorcoach
Buffalo
20th century, travelling through the city of Buffalo, New York, on their way to Detroit and Chicago • Buffalo Boots, a brand of shoe • Buffalo (drinking game) • Buffalo wings, a spicy chicken snack originating in Buffalo, NY
Other
• 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, a West London rude boy fashion trend, celebrated in Neneh Cherry’s song "Buffalo Stance" • Buffalo, an archaic term for "pistol whip" • Buffaloes, a term for Belgians who migrated to the United States in the early
See also
• • • • • • • All pages beginning with Buffalo American Buffalo (disambiguation page) Buffalo Soldier (disambiguation) Buffalo Trace (disambiguation page) New Buffalo (disambiguation) White Buffalo (disambiguation) Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo, a phrase made up from various meanings of "buffalo"
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