Buffalo

See also: buffalo

English

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.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌfəloʊ/

• Audio (UK):

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Proper noun

Buffalo

1. A placename
   2. A major city, the county seat of Erie County, New York, USA; very near Niagara Falls.
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        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.”

   3. A number of other places in the United States, including:
      2. A small city in Scott County, Iowa.
      4. A city, the county seat of Wright County, Minnesota.
      6. A city, the county seat of Dallas County, Missouri.
      8. A town, the county seat of Harper County, Oklahoma.
      10. A census-designated place in Union County, South Carolina.
      12. A town, the county seat of Harding County, South Dakota.
      14. A small city in Leon County, Texas.
      16. A town in Putnam County, West Virginia.
      17. A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, not to be confused with Buffalo City in the same county.
      18. A town in Marquette County, Wisconsin.
      20. A city, the county seat of Johnson County, Wyoming.
      21. A number of townships, including in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania, listed under Buffalo Township.
   4. A rural municipality (the Rural Municipality of Buffalo No. 409) in western Saskatchewan, Canada.
   5. A number of places in South Africa.
   6. A town in South Gippsland Shire, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
   7. Ellipsis of Buffalo City.
   8. Ellipsis of Buffalo County.
   9. Ellipsis of Buffalo River.
   10. Ellipsis of Buffalo Township.

Related terms

• Buffalo City (from Buffalo River, South Africa)
• Buffalo County (from the animal or the river)
• Buffalo River (from the animal or the city)
• buffalo sauce (from Buffalo, NYS, USA)
• buffalo wing (from Buffalo, NYS, USA)

Translations

a city in New York State

• Catalan: Buffalo (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布法羅 / 布法罗 (zh) (Bùfǎluó), 水牛城 (Shuǐniúchéng)

• Dutch: Buffalo
• French: Buffalo (fr)
• German: Buffalo (de)
• Greek: Μπάφαλο (el) n (Báfalo)
• Hebrew: באפלו (Bafalo)
• Italian: Buffalo (it)
• Japanese: バッファロー (ja) (Baffarō)
• Korean: 버펄로 (Beopeollo)
• Latin: Bufalum
• Latvian: Bufalo
• Lithuanian: Bafalas
• Macedonian: Бафало (Bafalo)
• Mohawk: Tiotó:ren, Teiohóserare, Tetiohoseró:ken
• Polish: Buffalo n
• Portuguese: Búfalo f, Buffalo f
• Russian: Ба́ффало (ru) (Báffalo), Бу́ффало (ru) (Búffalo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бафало

  Latin: Bafalo

• Spanish: Buffalo (es)
• Ukrainian: Баффало (Baffalo)

Further reading

• Buffalo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Proper noun

Buffalo f

1. alternative spelling of Búfalo

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Búfalo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbufalo/ [ˈbu.fa.lo]
• Rhymes: -ufalo
• Syllabification: Buf‧fa‧lo

Proper noun

Buffalo ?

1. Buffalo (a city in New York)