Halifax
Halifax often refers to:
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Halifax, West Yorkshire in the United Kingdom
Halifax may also refer to:
Places
Australia
Halifax Bay, North Queensland
Canada
British Columbia
Halifax Range, a mountain range
Nova Scotia
Halifax County, Nova Scotia, one of the province's 18 counties
Halifax Regional Municipality, a regional municipality in Halifax County
Halifax Stanfield International Airport
Halifax Urban Area
Mainland Halifax
Halifax Peninsula
City of Halifax
Halifax (electoral district)
Halifax West (electoral district)
Prince Edward Island
Halifax Parish, Prince Edward Island
United Kingdom
Halifax, West Yorkshire, England (original source of the word "Halifax")
Halifax (UK Parliament constituency)
United States
Halifax, Massachusetts, in Plymouth County
Halifax County, North Carolina (named for George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax)
Halifax, North Carolina
Halifax Township, Pennsylvania, in Dauphin County
Halifax, Pennsylvania
Halifax, Vermont, in Windham County
Halifax County, Virginia (named for George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax)
Halifax, Virginia
Halifax River, in Florida (named for George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax)
Companies
Halifax (United Kingdom bank)
Halifax (Irish bank), part of the HBOS Group
Music and television
Halifax f.p., an Australian television drama series
Halifax (band), an American rock band
The Halifax III, a 1960s Canadian folk music band
Military
Halifax Regiment (Duke of Wellington's)
Handley Page Halifax, a British bomber plane during World War II
Halifax-class frigate, of the Canadian Navy
HMCS Halifax (FFH 330), the lead ship of the Halifax class
HMS Halifax, the name of several Royal Navy ships
People
Surname
William Halifax, Lord Stirling (1786-1871)
Joan Halifax (born 1942), Zen Buddhist roshi
Titled
Earl of Halifax, a British title created four times and held by, among others:
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1661-1715)
George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1685-1739)
George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax (1716-1771)
Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax (1800-1885)
Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax (1839-1934)
E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881-1959) (created Earl of Halifax in 1944)
Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax (1912-1980)
Charles Wood, 3rd Earl of Halifax (1944- )
Fictional
John Halifax, central character of John Halifax, Gentleman, 1856 novel
Sports
Halifax RLFC, a rugby league club
F.C. Halifax Town, a football club
Other
Halifax College, a college of the University of York, England
Halifax Explosion, an explosion in Halifax, Nova Scotia caused by a munitions ship that crashed into another ship
Halifax Gibbet, an early guillotine.
Translation
The word "Halifax" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Afrikaans, German, Spanish, Esperanto, French, Galician, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian (Bokmål), Simple English, Slovak, Slovenian, Finnish, Swedish.
Translation(s) in other languages: Korean: 핼리팩스, Hebrew: הליפקס, Latin: Halifacium, Japanese: ハリファックス (曖昧さ回避), Polish: Halifax (ujednoznacznienie), Portuguese: Halifax (desambiguação), Romanian: Halifax (dezambiguizare).
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