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Glace Bay
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English
Etymology
en fr baie de glace ice bay, from fr baie bay + fr 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
en harbour town/Glace Bay regional municipality/Cape Breton Regional Municipality district/Glace Bay isl/Cape Breton p/Nova Scotia c/Canada.
en Baie de Glace
en community regional municipality/Cape Breton Regional Municipality district/Glace Bay isl/Cape Breton p/Nova Scotia c/Canada.
en Glasbaidh Fort William
en electoral district isl/Cape Breton p/Nova Scotia c/Canada.
en Glace Bay-Dominion Cape Breton East
Translations
harbour
French: fr Baie de Glace
town
French: fr Glace Bay
Scottish Gaelic: gd Glasbaidh
electoral riding
French: fr Glace Bay