Oliphant Explained

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 Margaret, Scottish writer
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 Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

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

See also