Hall (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
Hall can mean:
Austria
Australia
Germany
Sweden
United States
Extraterrestrial
- HallHallIn 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 TirolHall in TirolHall 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 AdmontHall bei AdmontHall 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 TerritoryHall, Australian Capital TerritoryHall 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 HallSchwäbisch HallSchwäbisch 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 SödertäljeSödertäljeSödertälje 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, CaliforniaHall Station, CaliforniaHall 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, CaliforniaLas Lomas, CaliforniaLas 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 Station, California
- Hall, IndianaHall, IndianaHall 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 YorkHall, New YorkHall 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 ClassGWR 4900 ClassThe 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 ClassGWR 6959 ClassThe 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 HallUSS HallUSS 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 effectHall effectThe 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