Halifax

From Old English halh-ġefeaxe (literally “grassy corner”), compounded from halh +‎ ġefeaxe.^[1] Folk etymology suggests Old English hāliġfeax (literally “holy hair”), as compounded from hāliġ +‎ feax, 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 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. Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhæl.ɪˌfæks/

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• Hyphenation: Hal‧i‧fax
• Rhymes: -ælɪfæks

Halifax

2. An industrial town in West Yorkshire, England, 20km south-west of Leeds.
3. A civil parish of Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. [From 1765]
5. A regional municipality, the capital city of Nova Scotia, Canada. [From 1749]
7. A small town, the county seat of Halifax County, North Carolina, United States.
9. A town, the county seat of Halifax County, Virginia, United States.
10. An earldom in the Peerage of Great Britain.

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• Haligonian

• IPA^(key): /ˈxalifaɡs/ [ˈxa.li.faɣ̞s]
• Rhymes: -alifaɡs

Halifax m

1. Halifax (a regional municipality, the capital city of Nova Scotia, Canada)
2. Halifax (an industrial town in West Yorkshire, England, 20km south-west of Leeds)