Bantam

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Bantam may refer to:

• Bantam (chicken), a small (or miniaturized) domestic chicken. Sometimes shortened colloquially to "banty".
• Bantam (adjective) an adjective used to suggest that the subject is powerful despite its diminutive size

Contents 1 Places 2 Popular culture 3 Technology 4 Military 5 Sports 6 Other

[edit] Places

• Bantam, Connecticut, United States
• Bantam (city), a city and former sultanate on a part of Sunda kingdom territory on Java island, in Indonesia
• Bantam, Cocos (Keeling) Islands
• Bantam, estate in the Netherlands

[edit] Popular culture

• Bantam (comics), two Marvel Universe characters
• Bantam frigate, a type of spacecraft in the MMORPG EVE Online
• Bantam (New York City rock band), a New York rock band headed by Gina Volpe of Lunachicks
• Bantam Books, an imprint of Random House, originally specializing in pocket-sized paperbacks

[edit] Technology

• Bantam, a camera produced by Eastman Kodak
• Bantam (car)
• American Bantam, series of compact cars
• Ford Bantam, pickup truck
• BSA Bantam, small two-stroke motorcycle

[edit] Military

• Bantam Brigades, British Army jargon for a soldiers admitted into service despite failing their physical examination on the basis of being too short.
• BAT FK-23 "Bantam", British 1920's biplane fighter aircraft designed by Fritz Koolhoven
• X-4 Bantam, US test aircraft
• Micro Aviation Bantam, microlight aircraft
• "Bantam Bomber" nickname for the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk jet fighter
• Bantam (missile)

[edit] Sports

• Bantamweight, a weight class in boxing
• Bantam, a level in minor hockey for ages 13-14
• The Bantams, nickname for Bradford City, a football club in England

[edit] Other

• Bantam, official mascot of Trinity College (Connecticut)