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Halifax

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Etymology edit

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.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈhæl.ɪˌfæks/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Hyphenation: Hal‧i‧fax
  • Rhymes: -ælɪfæks

Proper noun edit

Halifax

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

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  1. ^ Watts, Victor, The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, 2010

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Halifax m

  1. Halifax (a city in England)
  2. Halifax (a city in Canada)
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