Bergen

[ bur-guhn; for 1 also Norwegian ber-guhn ]

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

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

  1. a male given name.

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How to use Bergen in a sentence

  • A member of the Resistance in World War II, he survived internment in Buchenwald, Mittelbau-Dora, and Bergen-Belsen.

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  • Bergen then goes on to explain why there have been so few successfull attacks, and the reasons are pretty self-evident.

  • Lauritz Seehus was promoted to be mate; in the winter he had been up to Bergen, and had passed in navigation.

    Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange Kielland
  • But just then both heard a rustling, and saw a movement in the berth of Captain Bergen, which showed something was there.

    Adrift on the Pacific | Edward S. Ellis
  • The wonder was that two men possessing the shrewdness of Storms and Bergen should have been so deceived respecting their men.

    Adrift on the Pacific | Edward S. Ellis
  • Since Captain Bergen had pursued a rather original course from the beginning, he continued to do so.

    Adrift on the Pacific | Edward S. Ellis
  • But no sign of the Polynesia 55 was discovered through the powerful binocular glasses with which Captain Bergen swept the horizon.

    Adrift on the Pacific | Edward S. Ellis

British Dictionary definitions for bergen (1 of 2)

bergen

/ (ˈbɜːɡən) /


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

British Dictionary definitions for Bergen (2 of 2)

Bergen

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

  2. (ˈbɛrxən) the Flemish name for Mons

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