Glace Bay

English

Etymology

Calque of French baie de glace (literally “ice bay”), from baie (“bay”) + glace (“ice”). The calque treats "glace" as a proper noun "Glace" instead of common noun "glace". From the fact that the harbour fills with sea ice in winter.

Proper noun

Glace Bay

A harbour in Glace Bay, Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Glace Bay district, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Synonym: Baie de Glace
A community in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Glace Bay district, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Synonyms: Glasbaidh, Fort William
An electoral district in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Synonyms: Glace Bay-Dominion, Cape Breton East

Translations

harbour

French: Baie de Glace

town

French: Glace Bay
Scottish Gaelic: Glasbaidh

electoral riding

French: Glace Bay

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