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Buffalo most commonly refers to: *
Bubalina Bubalina is a subtribe of wild cattle that includes the various species of true buffalo. Species include the African buffalo, the anoas, and the wild water buffalo (including the domesticated variant water buffalo). Buffaloes can be found ...
, including most "Old World" buffalo, such as water buffalo * Bison, including the American buffalo *
Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from Sou ...
Buffalo or buffaloes may also refer to:


Animals

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Bubalina Bubalina is a subtribe of wild cattle that includes the various species of true buffalo. Species include the African buffalo, the anoas, and the wild water buffalo (including the domesticated variant water buffalo). Buffaloes can be found ...
, a subtribe of the tribe
Bovini The tribe Bovini, or wild cattle, are medium to massive bovines that are native to North America, Eurasia, and Africa. These include the enigmatic, antelope-like saola, the African and Asiatic buffalos, and a clade that consists of bison and t ...
within the subfamily Bovinae ** African buffalo or Cape Buffalo (''Syncerus caffer'') ** '' Bubalus'', a genus of bovines including various water buffalo species ***
Wild water buffalo The wild water buffalo (''Bubalus arnee''), also called Asian buffalo, Asiatic buffalo and wild buffalo, is a large Bovinae, bovine native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It has been listed as ''Endangered species, Endangered'' i ...
(''Bubalus arnee'') ***
Water buffalo The water buffalo (''Bubalus bubalis''), also called the domestic water buffalo or Asian water buffalo, is a large bovid originating in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Today, it is also found in Europe, Australia, North America, So ...
(''Bubalus bubalis'') **** Italian Mediterranean buffalo, a breed of water buffalo ***
Anoa Anoa, also known as dwarf buffalo and ''sapiutan'', are two species of the genus '' Bubalus'' endemic to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia: the mountain anoa (''Bubalus quarlesi'') and the lowland anoa (''Bubalus depressicornis''). Both li ...
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Tamaraw The tamaraw or Mindoro dwarf buffalo (''Bubalus mindorensis'') is a small hoofed mammal belonging to the family Bovidae. It is endemic to the island of Mindoro in the Philippines, and is the only endemic Philippine bovine. It is believed, howe ...
(''Bubalus mindorensis'') ***'' Bubalus murrensis'', an extinct species of water buffalo that occupied riverine habitats in Europe in the Pleistocene * Bison, large, even-toed ungulates in the genus ''Bison'' within the subfamily Bovinae **
American bison The American bison (''Bison bison'') is a species of bison native to North America. Sometimes colloquially referred to as American buffalo or simply Bubalina, buffalo (a different clade of bovine), it is one of two extant species of bison, alongs ...
(''Bison bison''), also commonly referred to as the American buffalo or simply "buffalo" in North America **
European bison The European bison (''Bison bonasus'') or the European wood bison, also known as the wisent ( or ), the zubr (), or sometimes colloquially as the European buffalo, is a European species of bison. It is one of two extant species of bison, along ...
is also known as the European buffalo * Aurochs, a primitive ox *''
Ictiobus ''Ictiobus'', also known as buffalofish or simply buffalo, is a genus of freshwater fish native to North America, specifically the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Guatemala. They are the largest and longest-lived of the North American suckers ...
'', a North American genus of fish, known as buffalos


Places


Canada

* Buffalo, Alberta, a ghost town *
Buffalo National Park Buffalo National Park was created near the town of Wainwright in east central Alberta on . It was closed in and delisted in 1947 when the land was transferred to the Department of National Defence. The park land was developed for use by Canad ...
, Alberta * Rural Municipality of Buffalo No. 409, Saskatchewan, a rural municipality *
Calgary-Buffalo Calgary-Buffalo is a current provincial electoral district in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The district is one of 87 districts mandated to return a single member (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta using the first past the post method of ...
, Alberta, a provincial electoral district *
Province of Buffalo The Province of Buffalo was a proposal for the creation of a new Canadian province in the early 20th century. Its main proponent was Sir Frederick Haultain, the premier of the North-West Territories. However, Haultain's frosty relations with Can ...
, a proposed Canadian province


United States

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Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from Sou ...
, the largest city by population with its name **
Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area The Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan area, designated by the United States Census Bureau, encompassing two counties — Erie and Niagara in Western New York. It has a population of almost 1.2 million peop ...
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Buffalo Niagara International Airport Buffalo Niagara International Airport is in Cheektowaga, New York. The airport serves Buffalo, New York and Niagara Falls, New York United States, and the southern Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario, Canada. It is the third-busiest airport i ...
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Buffalo, Illinois Buffalo is a village in Mechanicsburg Township in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. The population was 503 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Buffalo is located at (39.85 ...
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Buffalo, Indiana Buffalo is a census-designated place (CDP) in Liberty Township, White County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 692 at the 2010 census. History Buffalo was platted in 1886, and named for Buffalo, New York, the native state of a ...
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Buffalo, Iowa Buffalo is a city in Scott County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,176 at the 2020 census. Buffalo is located on the Mississippi River. The city is a part of the Quad Cities Metropolitan Area. Geography Buffalo's longitude and latitude ...
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Buffalo, Kansas Buffalo is a city in Wilson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 217. History Buffalo was founded in 1867. It took its name from Buffalo Creek, which was named after the American bison, commonly ...
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Buffalo, Kentucky Buffalo is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in southern LaRue County, Kentucky, United States. Its population was 498 as of the 2010 census. It lies along Kentucky Route 61 south of the city of Hodgenville, the cou ...
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Buffalo, Minnesota Buffalo is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Wright County. It is within the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, located about 42 miles northwest of Minneapolis on Buffalo Lake. The population of Buffalo was ...
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Buffalo, Missouri Buffalo is a city in and the county seat of Dallas County, Missouri, United States. The population was 3,290 at the 2020 census. Buffalo is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Buffalo was platted in 1841, an ...
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Buffalo, Montana Buffalo is an unincorporated community in Fergus County, Montana, United States. Buffalo has a post office with the ZIP code 59418. It was named for the buffalo which roamed this area. The post office was established in 1890. It closed for severa ...
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Buffalo, Nebraska Buffalo is an unincorporated community in Dawson County, Nebraska, United States. History A post office was established at Buffalo in 1896, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1957. Buffalo was named for the American bison ...
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Buffalo, North Carolina Lake Lure is a town in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States. In 2020 the town population was 1,634. Lake Lure was incorporated in 1927, and acquired the lake after which it is named in 1965. History In 1902, Dr. Lucius B. Morse and ...
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Buffalo, North Dakota Buffalo is a city in Cass County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 195 at the 2020 census. Buffalo was founded in 1878. History The first settlement at Buffalo was made in 1878. A post office called Buffalo has been in operation ...
* Buffalo, Guernsey County, Ohio * Buffalo, Jackson County, Ohio * Buffalo, Oklahoma *
Buffalo, South Carolina Buffalo is a census-designated place (CDP) in Union County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 1,266 at the 2010 United States Census. History The community was named for a nearby mineral lick which attracted buffalo. The Buffal ...
* Buffalo, South Dakota *
Buffalo, Tennessee (disambiguation) Buffalo, Tennessee may refer to the following places in Tennessee: *Buffalo, Anderson County, Tennessee Buffalo is an unincorporated community in Anderson County, Tennessee. Notes Unincorporated communities in Anderson County, Tennessee Unin ...
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Buffalo, Texas Buffalo is a city in Leon County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,767 at the 2020 census. Geography Buffalo is located at (31.461402, –96.063024). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , ...
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Buffalo, Henderson County, Texas Buffalo is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, located in the U.S. state of Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662  ...
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Buffalo, West Virginia Buffalo is a town in Putnam County, West Virginia, located along the Kanawha River. The population was 1,211 at the time of the 2020 census. Buffalo is a part of the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area. History Along with numerous sites in th ...
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Buffalo, Jackson County, West Virginia Buffalo was an unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geograph ...
* Buffalo, Buffalo County, Wisconsin * Buffalo, Marquette County, Wisconsin *
Buffalo, Wyoming Buffalo is a city in Johnson County, Wyoming, United States. The city is located almost equidistant between Yellowstone Park and Mount Rushmore. The population was 4,415 at the 2020 census, down from 4,585 at the 2010 census. It is the county ...


Elsewhere

* Buffalo, Victoria, Australia * Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa


Multiple entities

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Buffalo City (disambiguation) Buffalo City may refer to: Places South Africa *Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality United States *Buffalo City, Arkansas * Buffalo City, North Carolina *Buffalo City, Wisconsin See also * Buffalo (disambiguation) Buffalo most common ...
* Buffalo County (disambiguation) * Buffalo Gap (disambiguation) * Buffalo Township (disambiguation) *
Buffalo Trace (disambiguation) Buffalo Trace may refer to: * Buffalo Trace (road) The Vincennes Trace was a major trackway running through what are now the American states of Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois. Originally formed by millions of migrating bison, the Trace crossed th ...


Clothing

* Buffalo (footwear), a clothing brand *
Buffalo robe A buffalo robe is a cured buffalo hide, with the hair left on. They were used as blankets, saddles or as trade items by the Native Americans who inhabited the vast grasslands of the Interior Plains. Some were painted with pictographs or Winte ...
, a cured bison hide with the hair, used for saddles, blankets, and padding in carriages and sleighs *
Buffalo coat A buffalo coat is a heavy winter garment made from the bison, which also commonly known as the "buffalo" (though not closely related to African or Asian buffaloes). In North America they descended from the simpler, sleeveless buffalo robes worn ...
, a heavy winter coat made from a buffalo robe or hide


Coins

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American Buffalo (coin) The American Buffalo, also known as a gold buffalo, is a 24-karat bullion coin first offered for sale by the United States Mint in 2006. The coin follows the design of the Indian Head nickel and has gained its nickname from the American Bison on ...
, a 24-karat bullion coin introduced 2006 *
Buffalo nickel The Buffalo nickel or Indian Head nickel is a copper-nickel five-cent piece that was struck by the United States Mint from 1913 to 1938. It was designed by sculptor James Earle Fraser. As part of a drive to beautify the coinage, five denomin ...
, a copper-nickel coin minted 1913–1938


Games

* Buffalo (card game), a card game * Buffalo (game), a drinking game


Music

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Buffalo (band) Buffalo was an Australian rock band formed in August 1971 by founding mainstay Dave Tice on lead vocals (ex-Head). Fellow founders, also from Head, were Paul Balbi on drums, John Baxter on guitar, and Peter Wells on bass guitar; together with ...
, an Australian hard rock group ** ''Buffalo'' (EP), by Buffalo * ''Buffalo'' (Frank Zappa album) * ''Buffalo'' (The Phoenix Foundation album) * "Buffalo", by Tyler, the Creator from ''
Cherry Bomb A cherry bomb (also known as a globe salute or kraft salute) is an approximately spherical exploding firework, roughly resembling a cherry in size and shape (with the fuse resembling the cherry's stem). Cherry bombs range in size from in diamet ...
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People

* Chief Buffalo (disambiguation) *
Norton Buffalo Phillip Jackson (September 28, 1951 – October 30, 2009), best known as Norton Buffalo, was an American singer-songwriter, country and blues harmonica player, record producer, bandleader and recording artist who was a versatile proponent of ...
(1951–2009), American singer-songwriter and musician * Ted Buffalo (1885–1969), Native American football player *
John Buffalo Mailer John Buffalo Mailer (born April 16, 1978) is an American author, playwright, actor, producer, and journalist. Life and career Mailer was born in Brooklyn, the youngest child of novelist Norman Mailer and author Norris Church Mailer. Mailer ...
(born 1978), American writer and actor *
Black Buffalo (wrestler) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name . Originally starting his career in International Wrestling Association of Japan, where he worked under his real name, Yamada found a new home promotion in 1999 in Osaka Pro Wr ...
(born 1974), Japanese professional wrestler * Buffalo Bill, William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (1846–1917), an American scout, bison hunter, and showman


Schools

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University at Buffalo The State University of New York at Buffalo, commonly called the University at Buffalo (UB) and sometimes called SUNY Buffalo, is a public research university with campuses in Buffalo and Amherst, New York. The university was founded in 18 ...
, known as Buffalo, is a public research university with campuses in Buffalo and Amherst, New York *
Buffalo State College The State University of New York College at Buffalo (colloquially referred to as Buffalo State College, SUNY Buffalo State, Buffalo State, or simply Buff State) is a public college in Buffalo, New York. It is part of the State University of New ...
, a public college in Buffalo, New York


Sport


Baseball

* Northern Territory Buffaloes, a defunct Australian baseball team * Orix Buffaloes, a 2004–present Japanese baseball team *
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes The were a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) team based in Osaka, Japan, which was in the Pacific League. In 2005 the team was merged with the Orix BlueWave to become the team now known as the Orix Buffaloes. The team played in Fujiidera Stadiu ...
, a 1950–2004 Japanese baseball team *
Buffalo Bisons The Buffalo Bisons (known colloquially as the Herd) are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. Located in Buffalo, New York, the team plays their home games at Sahlen ...
, a professional minor league baseball team based in Buffalo, New York.


Basketball

* Ciego de Avila (basketball), a Cuban basketball team, nicknamed ''Búfalos''


Football

* Buffalo Bills, a National Football League team * Darwin Buffaloes, an Australian rules football team * Green Buffaloes F.C., a Zambian football team * K.A.A. Gent, a Belgian association football team * South Africa national Australian rules football team, nicknamed the Buffaloes


Hockey

* Basingstoke Buffalo, an English ice hockey team *
Calgary Buffaloes The Calgary Centennials were a junior ice hockey team that played in the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) from 1966–1977. They played in Calgary, Alberta, Canada at the Stampede Corral. History A charter member of the Canadian Major Junio ...
, a 1966–67 Western Canada Junior Hockey League team * Calgary Buffaloes (AJHL), a 1963–1966 Alberta Junior Hockey League team *
Buffalo Sabres The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York. The Sabres compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The team was established in 1970, along w ...
, a National Hockey League team


Rugby

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Manitoba Buffalo The Manitoba Buffalo was a Canadian Rugby union team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The team played in the Rugby Canada Super League from 1998 to 2005, and drew most of its players from the Manitoba Rugby Union, one of fourteen Rugby Unions that ...
, a Canadian rugby union team


Other uses in sport

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Colorado Buffaloes The Colorado Buffaloes are the athletic teams that represent the University of Colorado. The university sponsors 17 varsity sports teams. Both the men's and women's teams are called the Buffaloes (Buffs for short) or, rarely, the Golden Buffalo ...
, the athletic teams of the University of Colorado Boulder * Buffalo Bulls, the athletic teams of the University at Buffalo * Milligan College Buffaloes, the athletic teams for Milligan College *
Vélodrome Buffalo and Stade Buffalo The Vélodrome Buffalo and Stade Buffalo were cycling tracks in Paris. The first existed from 1892 until World War I. The second from 1922 until 1957. The name derives from the showman Buffalo Bill Cody, whose circus played on the grounds of th ...
, cycling tracks in Paris


Technology

* Buffalo Inc., a Japanese technology company *
Buffalo AirStation Buffalo AirStation is the name given to a series of wireless LAN equipment sold by Buffalo Technology. Products * Residential gateways * Wireless LAN cards Use with third party firmware Many of Buffalo's residential gateways use Broadcom ...
, a line of wireless LAN equipment * Buffalo network-attached storage series * BUFFALO, the bootloader for the
Freescale 68HC11 The 68HC11 (6811 or HC11 for short) is an 8-bit microcontroller (µC) family introduced by Motorola in 1984. Now produced by NXP Semiconductors, it descended from the Motorola 6800 microprocessor by way of the 6801. The 68HC11 devices are more ...
microcontroller family


Transportation


Air

* Buffalo Airways, a Canadian airline *
Avro 571 Buffalo The Avro 571 Buffalo was a prototype British carrier-based torpedo bomber biplane, designed and built by Avro in the 1920s. It was not selected for service, the Blackburn Ripon being ordered instead. Design and development The Avro 571 Buff ...
, a 1920s prototype British biplane *
Brewster F2A Buffalo The Brewster F2A Buffalo is an American fighter aircraft which saw service early in World War II. Designed and built by the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation, it was one of the first U.S. monoplanes with an arrestor hook and other modificatio ...
, a 1930s–1940s American fighter aircraft *
de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo The de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo is a short takeoff and landing ( STOL) utility transport turboprop aircraft developed from the earlier piston-powered DHC-4 Caribou. The aircraft has extraordinary STOL performance and is able to take off ...
, a 1965–1972 Canadian turboprop aircraft


Land

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Buffalo (mine protected vehicle) The Buffalo is a wheeled mine resistant ambush protected (MRAP) armored military vehicle built by Force Protection Inc, Force Protection, Inc., a division of General Dynamics. It is the largest vehicle in Force Protection's line-up, followed by t ...
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Buffalo (1901 automobile) The Buffalo was an American automobile manufactured from 1900 until 1902, by the Buffalo Automobile and Auto-Bi Company of Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and ...
, a 1900–1902 American car *
Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company The Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company was an American electric car manufacturing company from 1912 until 1915 located at 1219-1247 Main Street in Buffalo, New York. The motorcars were marked under the Buffalo brand. The company was formed by a m ...
, a 1912–1915 American car company *
GM Buffalo bus GM Buffalo bus was the slang term for several models of intercity motorcoaches built by the GM Truck and Coach Division at Pontiac, Michigan, between 1966 and 1980. "Buffalo" coaches have a stepped roof in front, and the first three rows of se ...
* South Devon Railway Buffalo class, a class of locomotives


Water

* , any of several Royal Navy ships * , any of several U.S. Navy ships * Landing Vehicle Tracked, a WWII-era amphibious vehicle


Other uses

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Buffalo wing A Buffalo wing in American cuisine is an unbreaded chicken wing section ( flat or drumette) that is generally deep-fried and then coated or dipped in a sauce consisting of a vinegar-based cayenne pepper hot sauce and melted butter prior to ser ...
, a style of chicken wing prepared with a spicy sauce coating, originally created in Buffalo, New York *
Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes The Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes (RAOB) is one of the largest fraternal movements in the United Kingdom, The order started in 1822 and has since spread throughout the former British Empire and elsewhere in the world. It is known as the ...
, a fraternal organisation *
Pistol-whipping Pistol-whipping or buffaloing is the act of using a handgun as a blunt weapon, wielding it as an improvised club. Such a practice dates to the time of muzzle loaders, which were brandished in such fashion in close-quarters combat once the wea ...
, or "buffaloing", using a handgun as a blunt weapon


See also

* * * American buffalo (disambiguation) * Buffalo Exchange, a fashion retailer * Buffalo Soldier (disambiguation) *
Buffalo Trace (disambiguation) Buffalo Trace may refer to: * Buffalo Trace (road) The Vincennes Trace was a major trackway running through what are now the American states of Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois. Originally formed by millions of migrating bison, the Trace crossed th ...
* New Buffalo (disambiguation) *
Operation Buffalo (disambiguation) Operation Buffalo may refer to: * Operation Buffalo, 1944 military operation, part of the Battle of Anzio in WW2 * Operation Buffalo (1956), four open-air nuclear tests at Maralinga, South Australia * Operation Buffalo (1967), a Vietnam War opera ...
* White Buffalo (disambiguation) * Wood buffalo (disambiguation) *
Búfalo Búfalo (, ' buffalo') is a brand of hot sauce and other condiments produced by Herdez Group (Grupo Herdez) of Lomas de Chapultepec, Mexico. Búfalo sauce has been produced since 1933. The company produces Búfalo and Tampico sauces, salsas, ...
, a brand of hot sauce and other condiments *
Llama firearms Llama Firearms, officially known as Llama-Gabilondo y Cia SA, was a Spanish arms company founded in 1904 under the name ''Gabilondo and Urresti''. Its headquarters were in Eibar in the Basque Country, Spain, but they also had workshops during di ...
Bufalo pistol *
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