Bergen
Americannoun
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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.
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
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
“Ladies and gentlemen, here to play ‘Happy Birthday’ to Eva Mendes, we have the North Bergen High School marching band.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 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
And Japan's Momoka Muraoka will need to see off the likes of Germany's Anna-Lena Forster, Audrey Pascual Seco of Spain and Dutch 47-year-old Barbara van Bergen to retain her title in the women's seated event.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
The Mercury’s radio dramas weren’t as popular as the programs featuring comedian Jack Benny, ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and his dummy Charlie McCarthy, or Major Bowes and his Amateur Hour performers.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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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
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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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