Buchanan

alternative Buchannon · alternative Buchanon

1. A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic from Scotland.

   Take the New Right's full-throated embrace of protectionism and industrial policy. This romance with protectionism started in the 1990s with former GOP presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, gained enormous traction under former President Donald Trump, and is still going strong today.

   2024 March 20, Veronique de Rugy, “The Political Right Has Luxury Beliefs, Too”, in Reason, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2024

2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Tuolumne County, California.
   2. A small city, the county seat of Haralson County, Georgia.
   3. An unincorporated community in Floyd County, Indiana.
   4. An unincorporated community in Cedar County, Iowa.
   5. A city and township in Berrien County, Michigan.
   6. A village in the town of Cortlandt, Westchester County, New York.
   7. A minor city in Stutsman County, North Dakota.
   8. An unincorporated community in Harney County, Oregon.
   9. An unincorporated community in Henry County, Tennessee.
   10. A town in Botetourt County, Virginia.
   11. A town in Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
4. A number of places elsewhere:
   1. A locality in the City of Maitland and City of Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia.
   2. A locality in Victoria Daly regional council area, Northern Territory, Australia.
   3. A locality in Goyder regional council area, South Australia.
   4. A rural municipality in eastern Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Buchanan No. 304.
   5. A village in Saskatchewan within the rural municipalty.
   6. The capital city of Grand Bassa County, Liberia, named after First Governor of Liberia Thomas Buchanan.

      However, between Monrovia (6°20'N/10°46'W) and Buchanan (5°57'N/10°02'W) highlands approach to within 25 km of the coast. East of Buchanan the lowlands reach nearly 100 km inland, in the Cestos Valley, but narrow again to 30 km towards the eastern border.

      (Can we date this quote?), “Liberia”, in Wetlands.org, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2011, page 1

   7. A historic parish in Stirlingshire, Scotland, which included Milton of Buchanan and Buchanan Smithy.