Halifax

Hal·i·fax  (hl-fks)

1. The capital and largest city of Nova Scotia, Canada, in the south-central part of the province on the Atlantic Ocean. Founded in 1749, it served as an important naval base in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and both World Wars. Population: 373,000.

2. A borough of northeast England northeast of Manchester. It is an industrial center. Population: 83,500.

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Halifax - provincial capital and largest city of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia - the Canadian province in the Maritimes consisting of the Nova Scotia peninsula and Cape Breton Island; French settlers who called the area Acadia were exiled to Louisiana by the British in the 1750s and their descendants are know as Cajuns