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buf·fa·lo

Audio Help [buhf-uh-loh] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -loes, -los, (especially collectively

) -lo, verb, -loed, -lo·ing.

–noun

1.	any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.

2.	buffalo robe.

3.	a buffalofish.

4.	a shuffling tap-dance step.

–verb (used with object) Informal.

5.	to puzzle or baffle; confuse; mystify: He was buffaloed by the problem.

6.	to impress or intimidate by a display of power, importance, etc.: The older boys buffaloed him.

[Origin: 1535–45, Americanism; earlier bufalo < Pg (now bufaro) < LL būfalus, var. of L būbalus bubal

]

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Buf·fa·lo

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–noun

a port in W New York, on Lake Erie. 357,870.

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n. pl. buffalo or buf·fa·loes or buf·fa·los

1. Any of several oxlike Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the water buffalo and African buffalo.
2. The North American bison, Bison bison.
The buffalo fish.

tr.v. buf·fa·loed, buf·fa·lo·ing, buf·fa·loes

To intimidate, as by a display of confidence or authority: "The board couldn't buffalo the federal courts as it had the Comptroller" (American Banker).
To deceive; hoodwink: "Too often . . . job seekers have buffaloed lenders as to their competency and training" (H. Jane Lehman).
To confuse; bewilder.

[Italian bufalo or Portuguese or Spanish búfalo, from Late Latin būfalus, from Latin būbalus, antelope, buffalo, from Greek boubalos, perhaps from bous, cow; see g^wou- in Indo-European roots.]

Word History: The buffalo is so closely associated with the Wild West that one might assume that its name comes from a Native American word, as is the case with the words moose and skunk. In fact, however, buffalo can probably be traced back by way of one or more of the Romance languages through Late and Classical Latin and ultimately to the Greek word boubalos, meaning "an antelope or a buffalo." The buffalo referred to by the Greek and Latin words was of course not the American one but an Old World mammal, such as the water buffalo of southern Asia. Applied to the North American mammal, buffalo is a misnomer, bison being the preferred term. As far as everyday usage is concerned, however, buffalo, first recorded for the American mammal in 1635, is older than bison, first recorded in 1774.

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A city of western New York at the eastern end of Lake Erie on the Canadian border. It is a major Great Lakes port of entry and an important manufacturing and milling center. Population: 280,000.

Buf'fa·lo'ni·an adj. & n.

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buffalo

1588, from Port. bufalo "water buffalo," from L. bufalus, var. of bubalus "wild ox," from Gk. boubalos "buffalo," originally a kind of African antelope, later used of a type of domesticated ox in southern Asia and the Mediterranean lands, from bous "ox, cow." Wrongly applied since c.1635 to the American bison. The verb meaning "to overawe" is from 1903. Buffalo wings finger food so called because the recipe was invented in Buffalo, N.Y., (1964, at Frank & Teressa's Anchor Bar on Main Street).

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buffalo
noun
1.	large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains [syn: American bison]
2.	a city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls)
3.	meat from an American bison
4.	any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo [syn: Old World buffalo]
verb
1.	intimidate or overawe

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buffalo1 [ˈbafələu] noun — plurals ˈbuffalo, ~ˈbuffalo(e)s

a large kind of ox, especially the Asian and African varieties

Arabic:	جاموس، ثَوْر
Chinese (Simplified):	水牛
Chinese (Traditional):	水牛
Czech:	buvol
Danish:	bøffel
Dutch:	buffel
Estonian:	pühvel
Finnish:	puhveli
French:	buffle
German:	der Büffel
Greek:	βούβαλος
Hungarian:	bivaly
Indonesian:	kerbau
Italian:	bufalo

Japanese:	水牛
Latvian:	bifelis
Lithuanian:	buivolas
Norwegian:	bøffel
Polish:	bawół
Portuguese (Brazil):	búfalo
Portuguese (Portugal):	búfalo
Romanian:	bivol
Russian:	буйвол
Slovak:	byvol
Slovenian:	bivol
Spanish:	búfalo
Swedish:	buffel
Turkish:	sığır

buffalo2 [ˈbafələu] noun

the American variety of ox; the bison

Arabic:	ثَوْر امريكي
Chinese (Simplified):	野牛
Chinese (Traditional):	野牛
Czech:	bizon
Danish:	bisonokse
Dutch:	bizon
Estonian:	piison
Finnish:	biisoni
French:	bison
German:	der Bison
Greek:	βίσονας
Hungarian:	bölény
Indonesian:	bison
Italian:	bisonte

Japanese:	野牛
Latvian:	bizons
Lithuanian:	bizonas
Norwegian:	bisonokse
Polish:	bizon
Portuguese (Brazil):	bisão
Portuguese (Portugal):	búfalo
Romanian:	bizon
Russian:	бизон
Slovak:	bizón
Slovenian:	bizon
Spanish:	búfalo
Swedish:	bisonoxe
Turkish:	bizon

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Buffalo

City in western New York, on Lake Erie and the Niagara River.

Note: Niagara Falls is northwest of Buffalo.

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Buffalo Center, IA (city, FIPS 9280) Location: 43.38979 N, 93.94307 W
Population (1990): 1081 (507 housing units)
Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 50424

Buffalo Valley, TN Zip code(s): 38548

Buffalo Ridge, SD Zip code(s): 57115

Buffalo Mills, PA Zip code(s): 15534

Buffalo Lake, MN (city, FIPS 8488) Location: 44.73670 N, 94.61766 W
Population (1990): 734 (310 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 55314

Buffalo Junction, VA Zip code(s): 24529

Buffalo Hart, IL Zip code(s): 62515

Buffalo Grove, IL (village, FIPS 9447) Location: 42.16631 N, 87.96332 W
Population (1990): 36427 (13866 housing units)
Area: 20.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 60089

Buffalo Gap, SD (town, FIPS 8340) Location: 43.49258 N, 103.31379 W
Population (1990): 173 (78 housing units)
Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 57722

Buffalo Gap, TX (town, FIPS 11128) Location: 32.28219 N, 99.83126 W
Population (1990): 499 (246 housing units)
Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Buffalo County, WI (county, FIPS 11) Location: 44.37861 N, 91.75244 W
Population (1990): 13584 (5586 housing units)
Area: 1772.9 sq km (land), 65.0 sq km (water)

Buffalo County, SD (county, FIPS 17) Location: 44.08396 N, 99.20058 W
Population (1990): 1759 (535 housing units)
Area: 1218.9 sq km (land), 43.6 sq km (water)

Buffalo County, NE (county, FIPS 19) Location: 40.85515 N, 99.07448 W
Population (1990): 37447 (14538 housing units)
Area: 2507.3 sq km (land), 18.8 sq km (water)

Buffalo, NY (city, FIPS 11000) Location: 42.88980 N, 78.85968 W
Population (1990): 328123 (151971 housing units)
Area: 105.2 sq km (land), 30.8 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 14201, 14202, 14203, 14204, 14206, 14207, 14208, 14209,

Buffalo, SC (CDP, FIPS 10090) Location: 34.72426 N, 81.68348 W
Population (1990): 1569 (648 housing units)
Area: 9.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 29321

Buffalo, SD (town, FIPS 8140) Location: 45.58609 N, 103.54301 W
Population (1990): 488 (240 housing units)
Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 57720

Buffalo, WV (town, FIPS 11284) Location: 38.61317 N, 81.98130 W
Population (1990): 969 (415 housing units)
Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 25033

Buffalo, WY (city, FIPS 10685) Location: 44.34228 N, 106.71744 W
Population (1990): 3302 (1627 housing units)
Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 82834

Buffalo, ND (city, FIPS 10420) Location: 46.92143 N, 97.55029 W
Population (1990): 204 (108 housing units)
Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 58011

Buffalo, MT Zip code(s): 59418

Buffalo, MO (city, FIPS 9514) Location: 37.64428 N, 93.09434 W
Population (1990): 2414 (1167 housing units)
Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 65622

Buffalo, MN (city, FIPS 8452) Location: 45.17698 N, 93.86854 W
Population (1990): 6856 (2608 housing units)
Area: 10.3 sq km (land), 3.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 55313

Buffalo, KY Zip code(s): 42716

Buffalo, KS (city, FIPS 9150) Location: 37.70861 N, 95.69669 W
Population (1990): 293 (154 housing units)
Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 66717

Buffalo, IA (city, FIPS 9235) Location: 41.46025 N, 90.71819 W
Population (1990): 1260 (459 housing units)
Area: 14.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

Buffalo, IL (village, FIPS 9434) Location: 39.84949 N, 89.40895 W
Population (1990): 503 (200 housing units)
Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Buffalo, WI (city, FIPS 11000) Location: 44.22352 N, 91.86936 W
Population (1990): 915 (447 housing units)
Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 10.1 sq km (water)

Buffalo, TX (city, FIPS 11116) Location: 31.46123 N, 96.06278 W
Population (1990): 1555 (750 housing units)
Area: 9.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Buffalo, OK (town, FIPS 9850) Location: 36.83491 N, 99.62765 W
Population (1990): 1312 (655 housing units)
Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

New Buffalo, MI (city, FIPS 57220) Location: 41.79037 N, 86.74527 W
Population (1990): 2317 (1363 housing units)
Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

New Buffalo, PA (borough, FIPS 53320) Location: 40.45440 N, 76.97094 W
Population (1990): 145 (60 housing units)
Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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Bu"ba*le\, n. [Cf. F. bubale. See Buffalo, n.] (Zo["o]l.) A large antelope (Alcelaphus bubalis) of Egypt and the Desert of Sahara, supposed by some to be the fallow deer of the Bible.

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