Glace Bay
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]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 of 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
[edit]harbour
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electoral riding
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