Oliphant

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

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

Geography

Oliphant, Ontario, Canada, a community Oliphant Islands, South Orkney Islands Olifants River (Limpopo), South Africa Olifants River (Southern Cape), South Africa Olifants River (Western Cape), South Africa Olifants Water Management Area, South Africa Olyphant, Pennsylvania, a borough in Pennsylvania, United States

People

Oliphant (surname), a list of notable people with this name Oliphant Chuckerbutty (1884–1960), British organist and composer Clan Oliphant, a Highland Scottish clan Pat Oliphant, U.S. political cartoonist and artist, whose works were frequently signed with only his surname

Arts, entertainment, and media

Oliphant (band), a Finnish band Oliphant (Dungeons & Dragons), an elephant-like monster in the Dungeons & Dragons game Oliphaunt or mûmak, a monstrous elephant-like creature in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Sir Olifaunt, a vicious giant in Geoffrey Chaucer's "Tale of Sir Thopas", in The Canterbury Tales Eleanor Oliphant, protagonist of Gail Honeyman's novel Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (2017)

Titles

Lord Oliphant, a peerage title in Scotland Oliphant baronets, 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, a Dutch mansion originally built near Nieuwesluis, later moved to Rotterdam De Olifant, Burdaard, a windmill in the Netherlands

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