Bering

American  

[beer-ing, ber-, bair-, bey-ring] / ˈbɪər ɪŋ, ˈbɛr-, ˈbɛər-, ˈbeɪ rɪŋ /

noun

1. Vitus 1680–1741, Danish navigator: explorer of the N Pacific.

---

Bering British  

/ ˈbeːreŋ, ˈbɛrɪŋ, ˈbɛər- /

noun

1. Vitus (ˈviːtʊs). 1681–1741, Danish navigator, who explored the N Pacific for the Russians and discovered Bering Island and the Bering Strait

---

Example Sentences

Gray whales in the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean have faced reduced food availability in the northern Bering and Chukchi seas off Alaska's coast in recent years, Calambokidis said.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Significant groupings appear beneath the Himalayas in southern Asia and near the Bering Strait between Asia and North America, south of the Arctic Circle.

From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2026

Apparently part of where the countries disagree is that Trump doesn’t understand the difference between the North Atlantic Ocean and the Bering Sea.

From Salon • Jan. 16, 2026

It’s there that the baleen filter feeders spend the summer gorging on tiny crustaceans from the muddy bottom of the Bering, Chuckchi and Beaufort seas, creating shallow pits or potholes in the process.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

“We’re traveling up the Angara to the Lena and then across the sea to the Bering Strait. The Bering Strait.”

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys