Meanings
- A harbour in Glace Bay, Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Glace Bay district, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Synonyms: Baie de Glace
- A community in 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
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA harbour in Glace Bay, Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Glace Bay district, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.
proper nounA community in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Glace Bay district, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.
proper nounAn electoral district in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Origin
- Frenchbaie de glace
- EnglishGlace 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.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French Baie de Glace, Glace Bay
- Baie de Glaceharbour
- Glace Bayelectoral riding
- Glace Baytown
Scottish Gaelic Glasbaidh
- Glasbaidhtown
Cite this entry
Glace Bay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Glace%20Bay
“Glace Bay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Glace%20Bay. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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