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Buffalo - Places, Military, Sport teams, Other uses

42°53N 78°53W, pop (2000e) 292 600. Seat of Erie Co, W New York, USA; port on the Niagara R at the NE end of L Erie; second largest city in the state; railway; two universities (1846, 1867); motor vehicles and vehicle parts, machinery, steel; professional teams, Bills (football), Sabres (ice hockey); Albright-Knox art gallery, science museum.

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

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, Buffalo County, Wisconsin Buffalo City, 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

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

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

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 (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 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 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 Grant Lee Buffalo, a 1990s rock band Related term: Tuffalo - an adjective used to descibe the super tough, e.g.

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