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Glace Bay

Glace Bay proper noun: a harbour in Glace Bay, Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Glace Bay district, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Proper noun

Glace Bay

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

Synonyms of Glace Bay

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

Origin of Glace Bay

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.

Questions about Glace Bay

What does Glace Bay mean?
Glace Bay means a harbour in Glace Bay, Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Glace Bay district, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.
What part of speech is Glace Bay?
Glace Bay is a proper noun.

Words near Glace Bay in the dictionary

  1. glabrously
  2. glabrousness
  3. Glabs
  4. GLAC
  5. glacading
  6. Glace Bay
  7. glace de viande
  8. glacette
  9. glacettes
  10. glaci-
  11. glacial

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