Hall (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
Hall can mean:
  • Hall
    Hall
    In architecture, a hall is fundamentally a relatively large space enclosed by a roof and walls. In the Iron Age, a mead hall was such a simple building and was the residence of a lord and his retainers...

    , architectural term
  • Hall (concept)
    Hall (concept)
    The meanings attributed to the word hall have varied over the centuries, as social practices have changed. The word derives from the Old Teutonic , where it is associated with the idea of covering or concealing...

    , for the development of the meaning of the word
  • Hall (surname)
    Hall (surname)
    Hall is a family name of English origin and means 'kind' and 'forgiving'. This originates from the belief that Viking thanes were eternally benevolent to those that worked within his hall. The name was used to indicate the main occupation of the individual, in a role such as a servant or...


Places

  • Hall Island (Arctic), also known as Gallya, an island in the Franz Josef Land archipelago

Austria
  • Hall in Tirol
    Hall in Tirol
    Hall in Tirol is a town in the Innsbruck-Land district of Tyrol, Austria. Located at an altitude of 574 m, about 5 km east of the state's capital Innsbruck in the Inn valley, it has a population of about 12,700 .-History:...

    , a city in the state of Tyrol, Austria
  • Hall bei Admont
    Hall bei Admont
    Hall bei Admont is a municipality in Liezen district, Styria, Austria, at the foot of the Haller Mauern on the Enns River.Hall has about 1900 inhabitants and an area of 50,72 km²....

    , a municipality in Styria


Australia
  • Hall, Australian Capital Territory
    Hall, Australian Capital Territory
    Hall is a small town in the north of the Australian Capital Territory , Australia. It was founded in 1882, named after the first landholder in the area, Henry Hall. In 1911 Hall was included within the boundary of the land allocated for the Australian Capital Territory, close to the north western...



Germany
  • Schwäbisch Hall
    Schwäbisch Hall
    Schwäbisch Hall is a town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and capital of the district of Schwäbisch Hall. The town is located in the valley of the river Kocher in the north-eastern part of Baden-Württemberg....

    , formerly known as Hall, a town in Baden-Württemberg

Sweden
  • Anstalten Hall, a high-security prison near Södertälje
    Södertälje
    Södertälje is a city and the seat of Södertälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 86,069 inhabitants in 2010.The industrial city, about south of Stockholm, is the home to truck maker Scania AB and a top 10 pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca....

    , Sweden

United States
  • Hall, California (disambiguation)
    • Hall Station, California
      Hall Station, California
      Hall Station is an unincorporated community in Alameda County, California. It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad north-northwest of downtown Newark at an elevation of 16 feet ....

      , formerly Hall
    • Las Lomas, California
      Las Lomas, California
      Las Lomas is a census-designated place in Monterey County, California, United States. Las Lomas is located north-northwest of Prunedale, at an elevation of 43 feet...

      , formerly Hall
  • Hall, Indiana
    Hall, Indiana
    Hall is an unincorporated town in Gregg Township, Morgan County, Indiana. It is noted for being the birthplace of legendary college basketball coach John Wooden....

    , an unincorporated place
  • Hall County (disambiguation), several different counties
  • Hall High School (Arkansas)
    Hall High School (Arkansas)
    Hall High School, located in Little Rock, Arkansas, is a comprehensive four-year public high school in the Little Rock School District currently enrolling 1,389 students in grades nine through twelve.-History:...

    , in Little Rock
  • Hall Island (Alaska)
    Hall Island (Alaska)
    Hall Island is a small island located to the northwest of St. Matthew Island in the Bering Sea in Alaska, USA. It serves as a haulout site for Pacific walrus. It is in length and has a land area of . The highest point is . Hall Island is uninhabited. It is part of the Bering Sea unit of the...

  • Hall, New York
    Hall, New York
    Hall is a hamlet in Ontario County, New York, United States, near the city of Geneva, along State Route 14A in the Town of Seneca. Located in the Finger Lakes region, Hall has a fire department and a post office with the zip code of 14463. Hall also has a John Deere tractor dealer, a seed...



Extraterrestrial
  • Hall (lunar crater)
    Hall (lunar crater)
    Hall is a lunar crater named in honor of American astronomer Asaph Hall that is located in the southeast part of the Lacus Somniorum, a lunar mare in the northeast part of the Moon. This feature can be found to the west of the prominent walled plain Posidonius. Just to the south, and nearly...

    , on the Moon
  • Hall (crater on Phobos)

Locomotives

  • GWR 4900 Class
    GWR 4900 Class
    The Great Western Railway 4900 Class or Hall Class is a class of 4-6-0 mixed traffic steam locomotives designed by Charles Collett. A total of 259 were built, numbered 4900–4999, 5900–5999 and 6900–6958. The LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 and LNER Thompson Class B1 both drew heavily on design features...

    , known as "Hall Class", a type of steam locomotive
  • GWR 6959 Class
    GWR 6959 Class
    The Great Western Railway 6959 Class or Modified Hall Class is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive. They were a development by Frederick Hawksworth of Charles Collett's earlier Hall Class....

    , known as "Modified Hall Class", based on the Hall Class

Other uses

  • USS Hall
    USS Hall
    USS Hall may refer to more than one United States Navy ship:*USS Hall , a destroyer in commission from 1943 to 1946*USS Charlton Hall , a cargo ship in commission from 1918 to 1919...

    , various United States Navy ships
  • Hall effect
    Hall effect
    The Hall effect is the production of a voltage difference across an electrical conductor, transverse to an electric current in the conductor and a magnetic field perpendicular to the current...

    , named after Edwin Hall
  • Hall (constructor)
    Hall (constructor)
    Hall was an American racing car constructor. Hall cars competed in one FIA World Championship race - the 1951 Indianapolis 500.-World Championship Indianapolis 500 results:...

    , former racing car constructor
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