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

1. A harbour in Glace Bay, Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Glace Bay district, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

   Synonym: Baie de Glace

2. A community in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Glace Bay district, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

   Synonyms: Glasbaidh, Fort William

3. 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