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initialism | buffalo |

As a noun initialism

is a term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.

As a proper noun buffalo is

a city in new york state, very near niagara falls.

initialism

English

Noun

(wikipedia initialism) (en noun)
  • A term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.
  • BBC is an initialism for British Broadcasting Corporation.

    See also

    * abbreviation * acronym * orphan initialism * TLA *

    buffalo

    English

    Noun

  • Any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape buffalo, .
  • A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison .
  • A buffalo robe.
  • The buffalo fish.
  • See also

    * *

    Verb

  • To hunt buffalo.
  • (US, slang, transitive) To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.
  • (archaic) To pistol-whip.
  • See also

    * on Wikipedia English nouns with irregular plurals