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'''Buffalo''' may mean: |
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==Animals== |
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===Cattle=== |
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* [[African buffalo]] (''Syncerus caffer''), a wild bovine from Africa |
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* [[Domestic water buffalo]] (''Bubalus bubalis''), widely used for dairy, meat and draught |
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* [[Wild Asian Water Buffalo]] (''Bubalus arnee''), the ancestor of the domestic water buffalo |
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* [[Dwarf buffalo]] or anoa, any of several small species of ''Bubalus'' |
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* Buffalo, colloquial American name for [[American Bison]] |
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** [[Buffalo Commons]], a conceptual proposal to create a vast nature reserve in the Great Plains area |
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** [[Buffalo jump]], a cliff used historically by Native American people to kill American bison |
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** [[Buffalo pound]], an enclosure used historically by Native American people to catch and kill American bison |
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** [[White buffalo]], sporadically occurring white American bison with spiritual significance in several Native American religions |
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===Birds=== |
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* Buffalo weaver, either of two species of African bird in the genus ''[[Bubalornis]]'' |
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===Fish=== |
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* Buffalo fish, any of the members of the ''[[Ictiobus]]'' genus of North American fish in the carp family |
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===Insects=== |
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* Buffalo gnat or [[black fly]], any of the biting flies of the family Simulidae |
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* [[Buffalo Treehopper]] (''Stictocephala bisonia''), a North American species of treehopper |
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==Plants== |
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* Buffalo bean (''[[Thermopsis rhombifolia]]'') |
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* Buffalo bean (''[[Mucuna pruriens]]'') |
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* Buffalo clover (''[[Alysicarpus vaginalis]]''), a plant in the ''[[Alysicarpus]]'' genus |
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* Buffalo clover (''[[Lupinus subcarnosus]]''), a [[bluebonnet]] lupin |
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* Buffalo clover or running buffalo clover (''[[Trifolium stoloniferum]]''), a rare true clover |
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* Buffalo currant (''[[Ribes aureum]]), an American shrub |
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* Buffalo gourd (''[[Cucurbita foetidissima]]), an American wild cucumber |
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* Buffalo grass, sweet vernal grass or vanilla grass (''[[Anthoxanthum odoratum]]'') |
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* Buffalo grass (''[[Buchloe dactyloides]]'') |
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* Buffalo grass or sweet grass (''[[Hierochloe odorata]]'') |
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* Buffalo grass or St. Augustine grass (''[[Stenotaphrum secundatum]]'') |
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* Buffalo sallee (''[[Eucalyptus mitchelliana]]''), a small Australian tree |
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== Places == |
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===Settlements and administrative areas=== |
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====United States==== |
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(alphabetical by state) |
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* [[Buffalo, Illinois]] |
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* [[Buffalo Township, Ogle County, Illinois]] |
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* [[Buffalo Grove, Illinois]] |
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* [[Buffalo, Indiana]] |
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* [[Buffalo, Iowa]] |
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* [[Buffalo, Kansas]] |
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* [[New Buffalo, Michigan]] |
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* [[Buffalo, Minnesota]] |
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* [[Buffalo Lake, Minnesota]] |
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* [[Buffalo Township, Minnesota]] |
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* [[Buffalo, Missouri]] |
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* [[Buffalo County, Nebraska]] |
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* [[Buffalo, New York]] |
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* [[Buffalo, North Dakota]] |
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* [[Buffalo Township, Noble County, Ohio]] |
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* [[Buffalo, Oklahoma]] |
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* [[Buffalo Township, Pennsylvania]], any of four townships in Pennsylvania |
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* [[Buffalo, South Carolina]] |
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* [[Buffalo, South Dakota]] |
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* [[Buffalo County, South Dakota]] |
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* [[Buffalo, Texas]] |
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* [[Buffalo Gap, Texas]] |
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* [[Buffalo, West Virginia]] |
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* [[Buffalo County, Wisconsin]] |
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** [[Buffalo City, Wisconsin]] |
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** [[Buffalo, Buffalo County, Wisconsin]] |
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* [[Buffalo, Marquette County, Wisconsin]] |
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* [[Buffalo, Wyoming]] |
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====Canada==== |
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* [[Calgary Buffalo]], a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada. |
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* [[Buffalo Narrows, Saskatchewan]], a small Metis community in Northern Saskatchewan |
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* [[Province of Buffalo]], one of several proposals for what eventually became Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada |
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====Elsewhere==== |
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* [[Buffalo, Puerto Rico]] |
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===Watercourses=== |
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* [[Buffalo Bayou]], a main waterway flowing through Houston, Texas, United States |
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* [[Buffalo River]], any of several rivers |
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* [[Buffalo Creek]], any of several creeks |
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* [[Little Buffalo River]], a river in Lawrence County, Tennessee, United States |
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===Other places=== |
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* [[Buffalo Gap National Grassland]], a protected area in South Dakota, United States |
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* [[Buffalo Hills]], a mountain range in Washoe County, Nevada, United States |
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* [[Buffalo National Park]], former national park in eastern Alberta, Canada |
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* [[Buffalo Ridge]], a large expanse of rolling hills in Minnesota, United States |
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* [[Buffalo Speedway]], a street in Houston, Texas, United States, near the site of a former racecourse |
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* [[Mount Buffalo National Park]], a mountain plateau in Victoria, Australia, 200 km northeast of Melbourne |
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* [[Wood Buffalo National Park]], a national park in northeastern Alberta and southern Northwest Territories, Canada |
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== People == |
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{{See also|Chief Buffalo (disambiguation)}} |
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* [[Black Buffalo Woman]], the first wife of Crazy Horse |
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* Buffalo or [[Beshekee]], Ojibwa chief of the Leech Lake Band |
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* [[Buffalo Bill]] (1845–1917), American soldier, buffalo hunter and showman |
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* [[Buffalo Bird Woman]] (1839–1932), Hidatsa author |
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* [[Buffalo Bob Smith]] (1917–1998), host of the children's show Howdy Doody |
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* [[Buffalo Calf Road Woman]], Cheyenne heroine |
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* [[Buffalo Hump]], Comanche leader |
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* [[Buffalo Jim]] or James Barrier (1953-2008), an American wrestling promotor |
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* [[Buffalo Point First Nation]], an Ojibwa or Saulteaux First Nation in Manitoba |
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* [[Buffalo Six]], six Yemeni-Americans convicted of supporting al-Qaeda |
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* [[The Buffalo Nine]], nine Vietnam War protesters arrested in 1968 |
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* Chief Buffalo, Great Buffalo or [[Kechewaishke]] (''Gichi-weshki'' 1759-1855), Ojibwe leader |
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* [[Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance]] (1890–1932), journalist, soldier and Native American impostor |
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* [[John Buffalo Mailer]] (born 1978), author, playwright and journalist |
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* [[Johnson W. Greybuffalo]] (born 1974), murderer |
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* [[Michael Buffalo Smith]] (born 1957), writer and musician |
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* [[Norton Buffalo]] (born 1951), singer-songwriter |
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* [[White Buffalo (chief)]] (1862–1929), chief of the Northern Cheyenne |
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==Companies and organisations== |
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* [[Buffalo Airways]], a charter and scheduled airline based in Hay River, Canada |
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* [[Buffalo Bill's]], a hotel and casino in Primm, Nevada, United States |
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* [[Buffalo Exchange]], a chain of second-hand clothing stores based in Tucson, Arizona, United States |
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* [[Buffalo Gal Pictures]], an independent TV and film production company based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
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* [[Buffalo Grill]], a European chain of steakhouses based in France |
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* [[Buffalo Rock]], a soft drinks bottling company |
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* [[Buffalo Technology]], one of several divisions of the Japanese Melco Group |
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* [[Buffalo Wild Wings]] Grill & Bar, a restaurant and sports bar franchise in the United States |
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* [[Flying Buffalo]] Incorporated, a game company |
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* The [[Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes]], a fraternal organisation |
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==Arts and entertainment== |
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===Film, TV and drama=== |
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* [[American Buffalo (play)|''American Buffalo'' (play)]], a 1976 play by David Mamet |
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** ''American Buffalo'', a 1996 film of Mamet's play directed by [[Michael Corrente]] |
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* ''[[Battling with Buffalo Bill]]'', a 1931 movie serial |
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* ''[[Buffalo '66]]'', a 1998 film by writer/director Vincent Gallo |
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* [[Buffalo Bill (film)|''Buffalo Bill'' (film)]] a 1994 biographical Western about Buffalo Bill Cody |
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* [[Buffalo Bill (TV series)|''Buffalo Bill'' (TV series)]], an American television situation comedy |
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* ''[[Buffalo Bill Jr.]]'', a 1950s Western television series |
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* [[Buffalo Dance (film)|''Buffalo Dance'' (film)]], an 1894 film |
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* ''[[The Buffalo Boy]]'' a 2004 Vietnamese film directed by Minh Nguyen-Vo |
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* ''[[Buffalo Dreams]]'', a 2005 Disney film |
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* [[Buffalo Soldiers (film)|''Buffalo Soldiers'' (film)]], a 2001 film |
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* ''[[In the Days of Buffalo Bill]]'', a 1922 Western film serial |
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* ''[[Riding with Buffalo Bill]]'', a 1954 film serial |
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* ''[[The White Buffalo]]'', a 1977 Western film |
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===Publications=== |
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* ''Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences'', a collection of poems and short stories by [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] |
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* ''[[Buffalo Girls]]'', a novel by American author Larry McMurtry about Calamity Jane |
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* [[Buffalo readings]], a poetry reading series and group founded in New York City |
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* ''[[The Night Buffalo]]'', a novel by Guillermo Arriaga |
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* ''[[White Buffalo Gazette]]'', a fanzine for Obscuro Comix & Art |
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===Music=== |
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* [[Buffalo (album)|''Buffalo'' (album)]], a live album by Frank Zappa |
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* [[The Buffalo Club]], a short-lived American country music group founded in 1997 |
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* [[Buffalo Daughter]], a Japanese rock group |
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* [[Buffalo (band)]], an Australian heavy metal band |
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* "[[Buffalo Gals]]", a traditional American song |
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* "[[Buffalo Head]]" a 2002 single by the Tennessee-based band The Features |
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* [[Buffalo Man]], a character appearing on most Jamiroquai album covers |
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* [[Buffalo Soldier (song)|"Buffalo Soldier" (song)]], a reggae song co-written by Bob Marley and Noel G. "King Sporty" Williams |
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* [[Buffalo Springfield]], a short-lived but influential 1960s folk rock group |
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* "[[Buffalo Stance]]", a song by Neneh Cherry |
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* [[Buffalo Tom]], an alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts |
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* ''[[Buffalo Zone]]'', a 1990 album by Sweethearts of the Rodeo |
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* [[Donna the Buffalo]] an American band from Trumansburg, New York |
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* [[Grant Lee Buffalo]], a 1990s rock band |
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* [[New Buffalo (singer)]], musician Sally Seltmann, based in Melbourne, Australia |
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* [[New Buffalo (New Buffalo EP)|''New Buffalo'' (New Buffalo EP)]], EP by New Buffalo |
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* "[[On the Trail of the Buffalo]]", a traditional American song |
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* ''[[Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo]]'', album by American Christian punk band MxPx |
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===Sculpture=== |
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* [[World's Largest Buffalo]], a 60 ton sculpture of an American Bison located in Jamestown, North Dakota |
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=== Sport === |
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* [[Basingstoke Buffalo]], an ice hockey team from Basingstoke, Hampshire, England |
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* [[Buffalo Bills]], a professional American football team based in Buffalo, New York |
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* [[Buffalo Bisons (disambiguation)]], any of several sports teams from Buffalo, New York |
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* Buffalo Braves, an NBA basketball team from 1970-1978, now the [[Los Angeles Clippers]] |
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* Buffaloes, nickname of the [[South African national Australian rules football team]] |
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* [[Buffalo Sabres]], a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York |
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* [[Calgary Buffaloes]], former name of [[Calgary Centennials]], a former junior ice hockey team in Calgary, Canada |
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* [[Calgary Buffaloes (AJHL)]], a former junior ice hockey team in Calgary, Canada |
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* [[Colorado Buffaloes]], or Buffs, the intercollegiate athletic teams of the University of Colorado |
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* [[Darwin Buffaloes]], an Australian Rules Football team in Northern Territories, Australia |
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* [[Green Buffaloes F.C.]], a football (soccer) club based in Lusaka, Zambia |
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* [[Manitoba Buffalo]], a Canadian rugby union team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba |
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* [[Vélodrome Buffalo]] and Stade Buffalo, former cycling tracks in Paris |
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* [[Vientiane Buffalos RUFC]], a semi-pro rugby union football club from Vientiane, Lao P.D.R., comprised mostly of expatriate players |
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==Technology== |
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===Coins=== |
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* [[American Buffalo (coin)]], a one ounce 24-karat gold bullion coin introduced by the United States Mint on 22nd June 2006 |
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* Buffalo nickel (see [[Indian Head nickel]]), an American nickel five-cent piece minted from 1913 to 1938 |
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===Computers=== |
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* Bit User Fast Friendly Aid to Logical Operations (BUFFALO), a monitor program for the [[Freescale 68HC11]] microcontroller |
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* [[Buffalo network-attached storage series]], computer storage devices |
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=== Military === |
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* [[Avro Buffalo]], a 1920s prototype carrier-based British torpedo bomber |
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* [[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 |
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* [[Buffalo (mine protected vehicle)]], a military vehicle that allows its operator to examine land mines safely |
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* Buffalo or Water Buffalo, occasional designation for [[Landing Vehicle Tracked]], an amphibious vehicle used by Allied forces during World War II |
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* {{HMS|Buffalo}}, any of several British Royal Navy ships |
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* {{USS|Buffalo}}, any of several United States Navy ships |
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* {{MV|Buffalo Soldier|T-AK-9301}}, a United States Navy Military Sealift Command Maritime Prepositioning ship |
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* Buffalo Soldier, a nickname for several regiments of the [[United States Army]] |
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* [[de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo]], a V-STOL aircraft produced between 1964 to 1987 |
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* [[Operation Buffalo]], any of three military operations |
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===Transport=== |
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* Buffalo (1872 - 1892), any of the ten [[South Devon Railway Buffalo class]] steam locomotives |
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* [[Buffalo (1901 automobile)]], a US automobile |
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* [[Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company]], a US automobile company |
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* [[GM Buffalo bus]], a slang term for several models of intercity motorcoach |
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==Other== |
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* Buffalo, a West London [[rude boy]] fashion trend, celebrated in Neneh Cherry's song "Buffalo Stance" |
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* Buffalo, an archaic term for "[[pistol whip]]" |
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* Buffaloes, a term for [[Belgians]] who migrated to the United States in the early 20th century, travelling through the city of Buffalo, New York, on their way to Detroit and Chicago |
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* [[Buffalo Boots]], a brand of shoe |
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* [[Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo]], a sentence made up of various meanings of "buffalo" in American English |
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* [[Buffalo (drinking game)]], a drinking game especially popular in Iceland |
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* [[Buffalo English]], or Buffalonian, a variety of the Inland North dialect of American English, spoken in the area around Buffalo, New York |
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* [[Buffalo Hunters' War]] or Staked Plains War, an incident between Comanche people and the American military in 1877 |
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* [[Buffalo wings]], unbreaded chicken wing sections, deep-fried and coated in a spicy sauce |
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* [[Silver Buffalo Award]], the highest commendation of the Boy Scouts of America |
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* [[Water buffalo incident]], a controversy at the University of Pennsylvania in 1993 |
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== See also == |
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* [[American Buffalo]] (disambiguation page) |
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* [[Buffalo Soldier (disambiguation)]] |
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* [[Buffalo Trace]] (disambiguation page) |
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* [[New Buffalo (disambiguation)]] |
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* [[White Buffalo (disambiguation)]] |
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{{disambig}} |
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[[de:Buffalo (Begriffsklärung)]] |
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[[es:Búfalo]] |
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[[eo:Bubalo]] |
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[[fr:Buffalo]] |
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[[nl:Buffel]] |
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[[ja:バッファロー]] |
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[[pl:Bawół]] |
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[[ru:Буйвол]] |
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[[fi:Buffalo]] |
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[[sv:Buffalo]] |
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[[zh:水牛城 (消歧義)]] |
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