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    Bergen
    noun
    Edgar, 1903–78, U.S. ventriloquist.
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    bergen
    noun
    a large rucksack with a capacity of over 50 litres

Bergen

American  
[bur-guhn, ber-guhn] / ˈbɜr gən, ˈbɛr gən /

noun

  1. Edgar, 1903–78, U.S. ventriloquist.

  2. a city in southwestern Norway, on the Atlantic Ocean.

  3. a first name.


Bergen 1 British  

noun

  1. a port in SW Norway: chief city in medieval times. Pop: 237 430 (2004 est)

  2. the Flemish name for Mons

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bergen 2 British  
/ ˈbɜːɡən /

noun

  1. a large rucksack with a capacity of over 50 litres

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

The club was sitting 16th in La Liga, just two points from the relegation places, and here it was hiring an Ivy Leaguer from Bergen County—a veteran of the Fair Lawn Cutters—to turn things around.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 18, 2026

Having reached the Five-Timers Club, as addressed in an obligatory monologue sketch featuring Jonah Hill, Tina Fey, Candice Bergen and others, Black was a returning hero.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 5, 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

We have connections to most of them, not just from Queens and the other boroughs but from Nassau and Westchester and Bergen counties.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

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 Weekley, Ernest

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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