Halifax

English Etymology From en ang halh-ġefeaxe grassy corner, compounded from ang healh halh ġefeaxe 1.Watts, Victor, The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, 2010 Folk etymology suggests en ang hāliġfeax holy hair, as compounded from ang hāliġ feax 1, from a local legend that the town is said to have received the name from the fact that the hair of a murdered virgin was hung up on a tree in the neighborhood, which became a resort of pilgrims. Compare also en Fairfax. The capital city of Nova Scotia is named after statesman George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax (1716–1771). The civil parish is also named after the 2nd Earl of Halifax. en Samuel Holland surveyor British-Dutch. Pronunciation en /ˈhæl.ɪˌfæks/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Halifax.wav Southern England en Hal i fax en ælɪfæks 3 Proper noun en Q826561en industrial town metbor/Calderdale co/West Yorkshire cc/England, 20km south-west of Leeds OS grid ref SE0925. Ward map (Calderdale) en civil parish co/Prince County p/Prince Edward Island c/Canada. From 1765 en Q2141en regional municipality/capital city p/Nova Scotia c/Canada. From 1749 en w:CBC News No injuries after school bus rear-ended in Hammonds Plains, N.S. April 9 2019 A Halifax school bus carrying 21 children was rear-ended Monday morning by another vehicle in Hammonds Plains, N.S. The Jeep had been travelling behind the bus, did not stop in time in time and hit the back of the bus. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/school-bus-rear-ended-in-hammonds-plains-1.5090875 https://web.archive.org/web/20260902182813/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/school-bus-rear-ended-in-hammonds-plains-1.5090875 en town co/Plymouth County s/Massachusetts c/USA. en Q2026751en small town/county seat co/Halifax County s/North Carolina c/USA. en Q1374283en town/county seat co/Halifax County s/Virginia c/USA. An earldom in the Peerage of Great Britain. Derived terms en Cleckhuddersfax go to Halifax Halifax County Halifaxian Related terms en Haligonian Translations city in West Yorkshire, England Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 哈利法克斯 Hālìfǎkésī German: de Halifax Greek: el Χάλιφαξ n Hindi: hi हैलिफ़ैक्स m Japanese: ja ハリファックス Harifakkusu Korean: ko 핼리팩스 haellipaekseu Latin: la Halifacium m Marathi: mr हॅलिफॅक्स n Russian: ru Га́лифакс m, ru Галифа́кс m Spanish: es Halifax m Ukrainian: uk Галіфа́кс m city in Nova Scotia, Canada Bulgarian: bg Ха́лифакс m Cherokee: chr ᎭᎵᏩᎧᏏ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 哈利法克斯 Hālìfǎkésī Esperanto: eo Halifakso French: fr Halifax m German: de Halifax Greek: el Χάλιφαξ n Hindi: hi हैलिफ़ैक्स m Japanese: ja ハリファックス Harifakkusu Korean: ko ^핼리팩스 Latin: la Halifaxia f Marathi: mr हॅलिफॅक्स n Russian: ru Га́лифакс m, ru Галифа́кс m Spanish: es Halifax m Ukrainian: uk Галіфа́кс m References en eponyms Spanish Pronunciation jálifax Proper noun m es Halifax Q2141,Q826561