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.

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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

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Example Sentences

There’s only so much warmth in the Bering Sea.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Todd Meadows, a deckhand on one of the fishing vessels featured on the Emmy-winning reality series “Deadliest Catch,” died after he fell overboard into the Bering Sea.

From Los Angeles Times • 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

They were ice blue, the color of the ice that floats down from the Bering Sea on the days when the sun is at its tallest.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell