AtlasCanadaHalifaxOne word pinned hereHalifax44.6478°N -63.5714°W · Q2141One English word in this atlas traces back to Halifax. It sits in Canada.ShareAll of Canada Pinned herego to Halifaxverb · 19th centuryDisputedA polite way to say hell that points at a real town instead.English beggars once prayed to be delivered from Hull, Hell and Halifax, the Yorkshire town whose gibbet beheaded cloth thieves centuries before the guillotine. American speakers may simply have wanted a word that began like the one they were dodging, and some of them certainly had Halifax in Nova Scotia in mind.Named from the placeRead →Nearest pinsmordeniteMorden, Canada120 kmMaine CoonMaine, United States437 kmChinese pieSouth China, United States471 kmNew England clam chowderNew England, United States537 km