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Etymology

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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

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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 of 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

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