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Halifax definition

Hali·fax (hal′ə faks′)

  1. capital of Nova Scotia, Canada: seaport on the Atlantic: pop. 114,000 (met. area, 333,000)
  2. city in West Yorkshire, England: county district pop. 77,000

Etymology: after the 2d Earl of Halifax (1716-71)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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