Olifant, Oliphant, Olyphant and similar variations may refer to:

Geography

* Oliphant, Ontario, Canada, a community * Oliphant Islands, South Orkney Islands *

Olifants River (Limpopo) The Olifants River, Lepelle, iBhalule or Obalule ( af, Olifantsrivier; pt, Rio dos Elefantes) is a river in South Africa and Mozambique, a tributary of the Limpopo River. It falls into the Drainage Area B of the Drainage basins of South Africa ...

, South Africa * Olifants River (Southern Cape), South Africa *

Olifants River (Western Cape) The Olifants River ( af, Olifantsrivier) is a river in the northwestern area of the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The upper and main catchment area of the Olifants river is around Ceres and the Cederberg mountains. The Clanwilliam and B ...

, South Africa * Olifants Water Management Area, South Africa *

Olyphant, Pennsylvania Olyphant is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is northeast of downtown Scranton, on the Lackawanna River in the heart of the anthracite region of the state. Its main source of employment was the mining and shipping o ...

, a borough

People

* Oliphant (surname), a list of notable people with this name * Oliphant Chuckerbutty (1884–1960), British organist and composer *

Clan Oliphant Clan Oliphant is a Highland Scottish clan. History Origins of the clan Although this remains the subject of ongoing research the earliest member of this Clan known to date is Roger Olifard, who witnessed a foundation charter to the Clunic prio ...

, a Highland Scottish clan

Arts, entertainment, and media

* Oliphant (band), a Finnish band *Oliphant, a type of monster in the Index of ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' 1st edition monsters *Oliphaunt or mûmak, a monstrous elephant-like creature in J. R. R. Tolkien's ''

The Lord of the Rings ''The Lord of the Rings'' is an epic high-fantasy novel by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth, intended to be Earth at some time in the distant past, the story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 children's b ...

'' *Sir Olifaunt, a vicious giant in Geoffrey Chaucer's "Tale of

Sir Thopas Sir Thopas is one of ''The Canterbury Tales'' by Geoffrey Chaucer, published in 1387. The tale is one of two—together with The Tale of Melibee—told by the fictive Geoffrey Chaucer as he travels with the pilgrims on the journey to Canterbury Ca ...

", in ''The Canterbury Tales'' *Eleanor Oliphant, protagonist of Gail Honeyman's ''

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine ''Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine'' is the 2017 debut novel by Gail Honeyman, and the winner of the 2017 Costa Debut Novel Award. The story centres on Eleanor Oliphant, a social misfit with a traumatic past who becomes enamoured with a si ...

Titles

Lord Oliphant Lord Oliphant was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created twice and de facto under Peerage Law a third time. The first creation is in abeyance of the law, the second extinct and the third creation is dormant. The title was certainly ...

, a peerage title in Scotland *

Oliphant baronets The Oliphant Baronetcy, of Newton, was a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. It was created on 28 July 1629. Background The Oliphants of Newton and the Lords Oliphant were the two most influential branches of the Oliphant family in the 17th ...

, a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia

Vehicles

* Olifant tank, a South African version of the British Centurion tank

Others

*'' Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe'', a U.S. Supreme Court case deciding that Indian tribal courts have no criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians * Olifant (instrument), a wind instrument of the Middle Ages, made from elephants' tusks *

D'Oliphant The D'Oliphant, also written as De Oliphant, was commissioned in 1591 by Cornelis van Wijkcool as "boerenbehuizinge" built near Nieuwesluis on the island Voorne. Oliphant translates into "Elephant" although the current spelling of the Dutch ...

, a Dutch mansion originally built near Nieuwesluis, later moved to Rotterdam *

De Olifant, Burdaard De Olifant (; English: '' The Elephant'') is a smock mill in Burdaard, Friesland, Netherlands which has been restored to working order. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 35673. (Click on "Technische gegevens" to view.) History ''De O ...