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Halifax (demonym Haligonian), commonly refers to
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
- Halifax (bank), a banking chain in the United Kingdom
Halifax may also refer to:
Places
Australia
- Halifax Bay, North Queensland
- Halifax, Queensland
Canada
British Columbia
- Halifax Range, a mountain range
Nova Scotia
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, capital of the province, established in 1749, which includes:
- Halifax County, Nova Scotia, the county dissolved into the regional municipality in 1996
- Mainland Halifax, a region of the municipality
- Halifax Peninsula, part of the core of the municipality
- Downtown Halifax
- West End, Halifax
- North End, Halifax
- South End, Halifax
- Halifax (electoral district), a federal electoral district since Confederation
- Halifax (provincial electoral district), a provincial electoral district
- Halifax West, a federal electoral district since 1979
- Halifax Harbour, a saltwater harbour
Prince Edward Island
United Kingdom
United States
- Halifax, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Allen County, Kentucky, United States
- Halifax, Massachusetts, in Plymouth County
- Halifax, North Carolina
- Halifax, Pennsylvania, a borough in Dauphin County
- Halifax, Vermont, in Windham County
- Halifax, Virginia
- Halifax County, Virginia (named for George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax)
- Halifax River, in Florida (named for George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax)
- Halifax area, in Florida
Companies
- Halifax (Ireland), part of the Lloyds Banking Group
- Halifax (bank), part of the Lloyds Banking Group
Art, entertainment, and media
Music
- Halifax (band), an American rock band
- The Halifax III, a 1960s Canadian folk music band
Television
- Halifax f.p., an Australian television drama series
- Last Tango in Halifax, a British television series
Military
- Halifax Regiment (Duke of Wellington's)
- Handley Page Halifax, a British 4-engine heavy bomber of World War II
- Halifax-class frigate, of the Canadian Navy
- HMCS Halifax, the name of two Canadian naval vessels
- HMCS Halifax (FFH 330), the lead ship of the Halifax class
- HMCS Halifax (K237), a World War II Flower-class corvette for convoy escort duties
- HMS Halifax, the name of several Royal Navy ships
- HMS Halifax (1756), a 22-gun sloop launched in 1756 and captured by the French in the same year at Oswego
- HMS Halifax (1768), a 10-gun schooner originally built for merchant service at Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1765
- HMS Halifax (1775), a schooner purchased in 1775 and sold 1780
- HMS Halifax (1780), an -gun sloop, originally USS Ranger, renamed after the ship was captured from the United States Navy on 11 May 1780, and sold in 1781,
- HMS Halifax (1782), a 10-gun schooner purchased in 1782 and sold in 1784
- HMS Halifax (1806), an 18-gun sloop launched in 1806 at Halifax, Nova Scotia and broken up in 1814
People
Surname
- Joan Halifax (born 1942), Zen Buddhist roshi
Titled
- Marquess of Halifax, a British title created once
- George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633–1695), English statesman, writer and politician
- William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax (1665–1700)
- Earl of Halifax, a British title created four times and held by, among others:
- Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1661–1715), English poet and statesman
- George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (c. 1684–1739), British politician
- George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax (1716–1771)
- Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax (1800–1885), British Whig politician
- Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax (1839–1934), British ecumenist
- E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881–1959), British Conservative politician
- Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax (1912–1980), British politician and peer
- Charles Wood, 3rd Earl of Halifax (born 1944), British peer and Conservative politician
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
- Halifax Town A.F.C., was an English football club, prior to 2009
- Halifax Mooseheads a QMJHL team
Other
- Halifax College, a college of the University of York, England
- Halifax Explosion, an explosion that leveled a large portion of Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1917 caused by a collision between two ships
- Halifax Gibbet, an early guillotine used to enforce the Halifax Gibbet Law
See also
- All pages beginning with "Halifax"
- Hallifax (disambiguation)
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