Title: Halifax Content: Halifax (demonym Haligonian) may refer to: ==Places== ===Australia=== *Halifax Bay, North Queensland ===Canada=== ;British Columbia *Halifax Range, a mountain range ;Nova Scotia *Halifax (electoral district), a federal electoral district since Confederation *Halifax Regional Municipality, capital of Nova Scotia, established in 1996, which includes: **Halifax (former city), the former city **Halifax County, Nova Scotia, the former county **Mainland Halifax, a region of the Municipality **Halifax Peninsula, part of the core of the Municipality **Metropolitan Halifax, urban part of the Municipality *Halifax Stanfield International Airport, built in Enfield in 1960 *Halifax West, a federal electoral district since 1979 ;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 (MBTA station) *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), part of the Lloyds Banking Group *Halifax (Irish bank), part of the Lloyds Banking 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 **, 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. Purchased in 1768 by the British Royal Navy and wrecked in 1775 **HMS Halifax (1775), a schooner purchased in 1775 and sold 1780 **HMS Halifax (1780), an 18-gun sloop, originally called the 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=== *William Halifax, Lord Stirling (1786–1871) *Joan Halifax (born 1942), Zen Buddhist roshi ===Titled=== *Marquess of Halifax, a British title created once **George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633–1695) *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 *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, a 1917 explosion in Halifax, Nova Scotia caused by a ship collision *Halifax Gibbet, an early guillotine ==Related pages== * Category:Surnames