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Buffalo en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbʌfəloʊ/ (General-American)
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Etymology

*(North America): Probably from buffalo (“American bison”) (Bison bison), since both cities are in regions that had wild herds at the time the names originated. Buffalo, New York was named after the Buffalo River, which an alternative etymology says is from French beau fleuve (“beautiful river”), but the more likely explanation is that it was named for the animal. *(South Africa): From buffalo (Syncerus caffer), subsp. Cape buffalo commonly found in the region.

Meanings

  1. A placename: ▸ A major city, the county seat of Erie County, New York, USA; very near Niagara Falls.
    • And in yet another deadly mass shooting, unfolding in Buffalo on Saturday, a heavily armed white man is accused of killing 10 people after targeting a supermarket on the city’s predominantly Black east side, writing in a lengthy screed posted online that the shoppers there came from a culture that sought to “ethnically replace my own people.” 2022 May 16, Nicholas Confessore, Karen Yourish, “A Fringe Conspiracy Theory, Fostered Online, Is Refashioned by the G.O.P.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2022:
  2. A placename: ▸ A number of other places in the United States, including: ▸ A small city in Scott County, Iowa.
  3. A placename: ▸ A number of other places in the United States, including: ▸ A city, the county seat of Wright County, Minnesota.
  4. A placename: ▸ A number of other places in the United States, including: ▸ A city, the county seat of Dallas County, Missouri.
  5. A placename: ▸ A number of other places in the United States, including: ▸ A town, the county seat of Harper County, Oklahoma.
  6. A placename: ▸ A number of other places in the United States, including: ▸ A census-designated place in Union County, South Carolina.
  7. A placename: ▸ A number of other places in the United States, including: ▸ A town, the county seat of Harding County, South Dakota.
  8. A placename: ▸ A number of other places in the United States, including: ▸ A small city in Leon County, Texas.
  9. A placename: ▸ A number of other places in the United States, including: ▸ A town in Putnam County, West Virginia.
  10. A placename: ▸ A number of other places in the United States, including: ▸ A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, not to be confused with Buffalo City in the same county.
  11. A placename: ▸ A number of other places in the United States, including: ▸ A town in Marquette County, Wisconsin.
  12. A placename: ▸ A number of other places in the United States, including: ▸ A city, the county seat of Johnson County, Wyoming.
  13. A placename: ▸ A number of other places in the United States, including: ▸ A number of townships, including in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania, listed under Buffalo Township.
  14. A placename: ▸ A rural municipality (the Rural Municipality of Buffalo No. 409) in western Saskatchewan, Canada.
  15. A placename: ▸ A number of places in South Africa.
  16. A placename: ▸ A town in South Gippsland Shire, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
  17. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) A placename: ▸ Ellipsis of Buffalo City.
  18. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) A placename: ▸ Ellipsis of Buffalo County.
  19. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) A placename: ▸ Ellipsis of Buffalo River.
  20. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) A placename: ▸ Ellipsis of Buffalo Township.

Deriveds

Buffalonian

Relateds

Buffalo River · Buffalo City · buffalo sauce · buffalo wing · Buffalo County

Translations (27)

moh Tetiohoseró:ken (a city in New York State) · uk Баффало (a city in New York State) · pt Buffalo (a city in New York State) · pl Buffalo (a city in New York State) · ko 버펄로 (a city in New York State) · it Buffalo (a city in New York State) · ja バッファロー (a city in New York State) · la Bufalum (a city in New York State) · fr Buffalo (a city in New York State) · sh Bafalo (a city in New York State) · sh Бафало (a city in New York State) · el Μπάφαλο (a city in New York State) · lt Bafalas (a city in New York State) · lv Bufalo (a city in New York State) · es Buffalo (a city in New York State) · cmn 布法羅 /布法罗 (a city in New York State) · mk Бафало (a city in New York State) · ru Бу́ффало (a city in New York State) · cmn 水牛城 (a city in New York State) · ru Ба́ффало (a city in New York State) · moh Teiohóserare (a city in New York State) · pt Búfalo (a city in New York State) · moh Tiotó:ren (a city in New York State) · nl Buffalo (a city in New York State) · de Buffalo (a city in New York State) · ca Buffalo (a city in New York State) · he באפלו (a city in New York State)