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• Bergen
  Bergen

  noun

  Edgar, 1903–78, U.S. ventriloquist.
• bergen
  bergen

  noun

  a large rucksack with a capacity of over 50 litres

Bergen

American  

[bur-guhn, ber-guhn] / ˈbɜr gən, ˈbɛr gən /

noun

1. Edgar, 1903–78, U.S. ventriloquist.

2. a city in southwestern Norway, on the Atlantic Ocean.

3. a first name.

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Bergen ¹ British  

noun

1. a port in SW Norway: chief city in medieval times. Pop: 237 430 (2004 est)

2. the Flemish name for Mons

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bergen ² British  

/ ˈbɜːɡən /

noun

1. a large rucksack with a capacity of over 50 litres

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Example Sentences

Having reached the Five-Timers Club, as addressed in an obligatory monologue sketch featuring Jonah Hill, Tina Fey, Candice Bergen and others, Black was a returning hero.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

"We show that the AO is a complex and functionally unique sensory system," said Pawel Burkhardt, group leader at the Michael Sars Centre, University of Bergen.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2026

Billed as the world's first commercial carbon storage service, last August, Norway's Northern Lights project, began storing CO2 under the seabed off Bergen.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

He enrolled as an undergraduate student at Bergen Community College in Paramus, N.J., in 2011, but after depleting his savings and sleeping on friends’ couches for months, he felt he needed to make a change.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

With time devoted to television, we had to give up listening to some of our favorite radio shows like Fibber McGee and Molly or Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals