English Explanatory Dictionary

Glace Bay

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A harbour in Glace Bay, Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Glace Bay district, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  2. A community in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Glace Bay district, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  3. An electoral district in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Word forms

Glace Bay

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.

Synonyms

Baie de Glace Glasbaidh Fort William Glace Bay-Dominion Cape Breton East

Translations

French: Glace Bay Scottish Gaelic: Glasbaidh
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