Halifax
Halifax, may refer to any of the following:
Places
- Australia
- Halifax Bay, North Queensland
- Canada
- Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia
- Halifax Urban Area
- Halifax Peninsula
- Mainland Halifax
- City of Halifax
- Halifax County, Nova Scotia
- Halifax (electoral district)
- Halifax Stanfield International Airport
- Halifax Parish, Prince Edward Island
- United Kingdom
- Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
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- 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, Pennsylvania, in Dauphin County
- Halifax, Vermont, in Windham County
- Halifax County, Virginia (named for George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax)
- Halifax, Virginia
Companies
- Halifax (bank) and 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 Royal Navy ship
People
- William Halifax, Lord Stirling (1786-1871)
- Earl of Halifax, a British title held by, among others:
- Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1661-1715)
- Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, 1st Baron Halifax (1661-1715)
- George Montagu, 2nd Baron Halifax (1685-1739) (created Earl of Halifax in 1715)
- George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (1685-1739)
- George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax (1716-1771)
- Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Baronet (1800-1885) (created Viscount Halifax in 1866)
- Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax (1800-1885)
- Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax (1839-1934)
- Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 3rd Viscount Halifax (1881-1959) (created Earl of Halifax in 1944)
- Charles Ingram Courtenay Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax (1912-1980)
- Charles Edward Peter Neil Wood, 3rd Earl of Halifax (1944- )
Sports
- Halifax RLFC, a rugby league club
- Halifax Town A.F.C., a football club
Others
- Halifax College, a college of the University of York
- Halifax Explosion, an explosion in Halifax, Nova Scotia caused by a munitions ship that crashed into another ship
- Halifax Expatriates' Club, where the spirits of bureaucracy and fun meet.
- Halifax Gibbet, an early guillotine.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Halifax". Image Credit.