Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glace bay

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

Syllables: glace bay
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

name

A community in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Glace Bay district, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.

name

An electoral district in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

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

Questions

What does glace bay mean?: A harbour in Glace Bay, Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Glace Bay district, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Where does glace bay come from?: 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.

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