Bantam or Bantams may refer to: *

Bantam (poultry) A bantam is any small variety of fowl, usually of chicken or domestic duck, duck. Most large chicken breeds and several breeds of duck have a bantam counterpart, which is much smaller than the standard-sized fowl, but otherwise similar in most o ...

, any small variety of fowl, usually of chicken or duck

Businesses

Bantam Books Bantam Books is an American publishing house owned entirely by parent company Random House, a subsidiary of Penguin Random House; it is an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group. It was formed in 1945 by Walter B. Pitkin Jr., Sidney B. K ...

, an American publishing house * Bantam Cider, an American cider company *

Bantam Press Bantam Press is an imprint of Transworld Publishers which is a British publishing division of Penguin Random House. It is based on Uxbridge Road in Ealing near Ealing Broadway station, London, the same address as Transworld. It releases har ...

, a British publishing imprint *

American Bantam The American Bantam Car Company was an American automobile manufacturing company incorporated in the state of Pennsylvania. American Bantam is credited with inventing the original World War II ton jeep in 1940.To be distinguished from the U.S. ...

, a 1935 car company, formerly American Austin Car Company

Military

Bantam (military) A bantam, in British Army usage, was a soldier of below the army's minimum regulation height of . During the First World War, the British Army raised battalions in which the normal minimum height requirement for recruits was reduced from to . ...

, a soldier shorter than 5'3" in the First World War ** 143rd Battalion (British Columbia Bantams), CEF **

216th Battalion (Bantams), CEF The 216th (Bantams) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, the unit began recruiting in early 1916 throughout Military District 2. After sailing to England in ...

Bantam (missile) The Bantam (Bofors ANti-TAnk Missile) or Robot 53 (Rb 53) was a Swedish wire-guided, manual command to line of sight, anti-tank missile developed in the late 1950s by Bofors. It served with the Swedish and Swiss armies from 1963 and 1967 respecti ...

, a Swedish 1950s anti-tank missile *

BAT Bantam The BAT F.K.23 Bantam was a British single-seat fighter biplane produced by British Aerial Transport Company Limited of London during World War I. Design and development Frederick Koolhoven's first design for the British Aerial Transport Com ...

, a British 1920s biplane fighter aircraft * Northrop X-4 Bantam, an American prototype small twinjet aircraft *

Douglas A-4 Skyhawk The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a single-seat subsonic carrier-capable light attack aircraft designed and produced by the American aerospace manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company, and later, McDonnell Douglas. It was originally designated A4D und ...

light attack aircraft, nicknamed Bantam Bomber

Places

Banten (town) Banten, also written as Bantam, is a port town near the western end of Java, Indonesia. It has a secure harbour at the mouth of Banten River, a navigable passage for light craft into the island's interior. The town is close to the Sunda Strai ...

, also written as Bantam, a port town on island of

Java Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea (a part of Pacific Ocean) to the north. With a population of 156.9 million people (including Madura) in mid 2024, proje ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

in the

East Indies The East Indies (or simply the Indies) is a term used in historical narratives of the Age of Discovery. The ''Indies'' broadly referred to various lands in Eastern world, the East or the Eastern Hemisphere, particularly the islands and mainl ...

islands **

Banten Sultanate The Banten Sultanate (, ) was a Bantenese people, Bantenese Islamic trading sultanate, kingdom founded in the 16th century and centred in Bantam (city), Banten, a port city on the northwest coast of Java; the contemporary English name of both w ...

, or Bantam, 1527–1813 **

Banten Banten (, , Pegon alphabet, Pegon: بنتن) is the westernmost Provinces of Indonesia, province on the island of Java, Indonesia. Its capital city is Serang and its largest city is Tangerang. The province borders West Java and the Special Capi ...

, current province of

on territory of the former sultanate * Bantam, Cocos (Keeling) Islands *

Bantam, Connecticut Bantam is a borough in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 720 at the 2020 census. It is part of the town of Litchfield. On July 10, 1989, many of the buildings in Bantam were heavily damaged by a tornado that ri ...

, U.S.A. * Bantam, Ohio, U.S.A. *

Bantam River The Bantam River is a two-part, southward-flowing stream located in northwest Connecticut in the United States. The full river comprises two streams that flow into and out of Bantam Lake and that are referred to as Bantam Lake Inlet and Bantam L ...

Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...

, U.S.A.

Sports

* Bantam, U15 age category in

minor ice hockey Minor ice hockey or minor hockey is an umbrella term for amateur ice hockey which is played below the junior age level. Players are classified by age, with each age group playing in its own league. The rules, especially as it relates to body c ...

* Bradford City A.F.C., nicknamed The Bantams, an English football club *

Trinity College Bantams The Trinity Bantams are the varsity and club Sports team, athletic teams of Trinity College (Connecticut), Trinity College, a selective liberal arts college located in Hartford, Connecticut. Trinity's varsity teams compete in the New England Sma ...

, the varsity and club athletic teams of Trinity College (Connecticut) *

SC United Bantams SC United Bantams is an American soccer team based in Columbia, South Carolina Columbia is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of South Carolina. With a population of 136,632 at the 2020 United States c ...

, a soccer team in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. *

Bantamweight Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports and weightlifting. For boxing, the range is above and up to . In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between . In mixed martial arts, MMA, bantamweight is . The name for the class ...

, a weight class in combat sports and weightlifting.

Transportation

Micro Aviation B22 Bantam The Micro Aviation B22 Bantam is a New Zealand ultralight aircraft, designed and produced by Micro Aviation NZ of Hamilton, New Zealand and later of Mandeville, New Zealand. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.Bayerl ...

, a New Zealand microlight aircraft *

Warwick W-3 Bantam The W-3 Bantam is a simple single place, homebuilt aircraft design from Bill Warwick of Torrance, California. Design The W-3 is a single place tricycle gear, low wing aircraft with an open cockpit or bubble canopy. Construction is all meta ...

, an American homebuilt aircraft design *

Bantam (car) The Bantam was a British cyclecar manufactured by Slack and Harrison in Kegworth, Leicestershire in 1913. It was powered by an 8 hp V-twin engine made by Precision. There was no gearbox, and variation in transmission ratios was provide ...

, a 1913 British cyclecar *

, name adopted by the former American Austin Car Company in 1935 until 1956 *

Ford Bantam The Ford Bantam is a coupé utility/pickup truck, pickup (known in South African English as a 'Pickup truck, Bakkie') produced in South Africa. Production of the Bantam spanned three generations, with the vehicle produced in South Africa for sale ...

, a South African pickup truck from 1983 *

BSA Bantam The BSA Bantam is a Two-stroke engine, two-stroke unit construction motorcycle that was produced by the Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) from 1948 (as a 123 cc) until 1971 (as a 173 cc). Exact production figures are unknown, but it ...

, a British motorcycle 1948–1971 * HNLMS ''Bantam'' (1938), a Dutch ship * MS ''Bantam'' (1939), a Dutch ship * SS ''Bantam'' (1930), a Dutch ship

Other uses

Bantam (comics) Bagheera Bagheera is a black panther, based upon '' The Jungle Book'' character of the same name. Nakia Bahadir Nakia Bahadir is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is a Turkish girl and frien ...

, a comic character * Bantam, official mascot of

Trinity College (Connecticut) Trinity College is a private liberal arts college in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Founded as Washington College in 1823, it is the second-oldest college in the state of Connecticut. Coeducational since 1969, the college enrolls 2,2 ...