Halifax
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Halifax commonly refers to:
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
- Halifax (bank), a British bank
Halifax may also refer to:
Places
[edit]Australia
[edit]- Halifax, Queensland, a coastal town in the Shire of Hinchinbrook
- Halifax Bay, a bay south of the town of Halifax
Canada
[edit]Nova Scotia
[edit]- Halifax, Nova Scotia, the capital city of the province
- Downtown Halifax
- Halifax Peninsula, part of the core of the municipality
- Mainland Halifax, a region of the municipality
- Halifax County, Nova Scotia, the county dissolved into the regional municipality in 1996
- Halifax (federal electoral district), a federal electoral district
- Halifax (provincial electoral district), a provincial electoral district
- Halifax Harbour, a saltwater harbour
- Halifax West, a federal electoral district since 1979
Prince Edward Island
[edit]British Columbia
[edit]- Halifax Range, a mountain range
United Kingdom
[edit]United States
[edit]- Halifax, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Allen County
- Halifax, Massachusetts, in Plymouth County
- Halifax, Missouri
- Halifax, North Carolina
- Halifax, Pennsylvania, a borough in Dauphin County
- Halifax, Vermont, in Windham County
- Halifax, Virginia
- Halifax area, in Florida
- Halifax River, in Florida (named for George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax)
People
[edit]- Halifax (name), including a list of people and characters with the name
- Earl of Halifax
Arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]Music
[edit]- Halifax (band), an American rock band
- "Halifax", a song by Pete Yorn from ArrangingTime
Television
[edit]- Halifax f.p., an Australian television crime series
Brands and enterprises
[edit]- Halifax (bank), part of the Lloyds Banking Group
- Halifax (Ireland), part of the Lloyds Banking Group
Military
[edit]- HMCS Halifax, the name of two Canadian naval vessels
- HMCS Halifax (FFH 330), the lead ship of the Halifax class
- Halifax-class frigate, of the Canadian Navy
- HMCS Halifax (K237), a World War II Flower-class corvette for convoy escort duties
- HMCS Halifax (FFH 330), the lead ship of the Halifax class
- 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 18-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 (1800), a 10-gun brig, the captured French Marie, renamed from HMS Mary in 1800 and sold in 1802.
- HMS Halifax (1806), an 18-gun sloop launched in 1806 at Halifax, Nova Scotia and broken up in 1814
- Handley Page Halifax, a British 4-engine heavy bomber of World War II
Sports
[edit]England
[edit]- F.C. Halifax Town, a professional football club
- Halifax Town A.F.C., a former professional football club
- Halifax Panthers, a professional rugby league club
Canada
[edit]- Halifax Thunderbirds, a professional box lacrosse team
- Halifax Hurricanes, a professional basketball team
- Halifax Mooseheads, a junior ice hockey team
- Halifax Wanderers FC, a professional soccer team
Other uses
[edit]- Halifax College, a college of the University of York, England
- Halifax station (disambiguation), stations of the name
See also
[edit]- Halifax Explosion, a 1917 explosion that leveled a large portion of Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Halifax Gibbet, an early guillotine used in Halifax, West Yorkshire