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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Beekse Bergen said it would create a memorial location for guests and staff members to share their condolences.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
Marcia Kaiser, 76, and her husband relocated from Bergen County, N.J., to South Orange, N.J., in 2020 to be closer to one of their daughters and two grandchildren.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
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
"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
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
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
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 Ernest Weekley
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
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