Bergen
noun
Edgar, 1903–78, U.S. ventriloquist.
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Bergen
American
[bur-guhn, ber-guhn]
/ ˈbɜr gən, ˈbɛr gən /
noun
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Edgar, 1903–78, U.S. ventriloquist.
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a city in southwestern Norway, on the Atlantic Ocean.
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a first name.
Bergen
1
British
noun
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a port in SW Norway: chief city in medieval times. Pop: 237 430 (2004 est)
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the Flemish name for Mons
bergen
2
British
/ ˈbɜːɡən /
noun
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Called the Bergen Loop, the project is nowhere close to fruition, with the Hudson Tunnel project and various other elements of the program taking precedence.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026
And to consider her as existing separate from her creators is like imagining that the ventriloquist dummy Charlie McCarthy could have a career, and an agent, separate from the real performer Edgar Bergen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 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
As the final boards were being put into place, Lockton told Madam that he would first head north, then to Dr. van Buskirk’s house in Bergen County.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
The 22-pound bergen backpack that he had been forced to wear cut into his shoulders and had rubbed blisters into his back.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
Heer, an army, and bergen, shelter or defence, cf. “harbour.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
It comes from two German words represented by modern bergen, to hide, guard, and Friede, peace, so that it means "guard-peace."
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
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