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bergen

/ˈbəɹɡən/

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What does bergen mean?

noun

  1. A large rucksack.

proper noun

  1. A port city, municipality, and former county of the county of Vestland, Norway, formerly part of the county of Hordaland.
  2. A Catholic diocese named after the above see.
More meanings (10)

proper noun

  1. A city and hamlet in North Dakota.
  2. A surname from Norwegian.
  3. A municipality and village in Limburg province, Netherlands.
  4. A municipality and town in North Holland province, Netherlands.
  5. A town and village in Genesee County, New York, United States.
  6. An unincorporated community in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States.
  7. A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
  8. A town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
  9. A surname from Dutch.
  10. (historical) A part of New Netherland, the name survives in Bergen County.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈbəɹɡən/

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But the Ren whirled on, and the driver shook the reins and thought only of Bergen.
Ernest Thompson SetonAnimal HeroesProject Gutenberg ebook #2284
It was a lovely trip through the fjords to Bergen, as warm and pleasant in here as it had been bitter and cold outside.
Roald AmundsenThe South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 1Translated by Arthur G. ChaterProject Gutenberg ebook #3414
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"Ja haltet die Aequivocabula nur fest, Sind sie doch das einzige Mittel, Dem Kind die Wahrheit zu bergen und doch Zu brauchen den richtigen Titel."
Alexander Francis ChamberlainThe Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-DayProject Gutenberg ebook #7966
Huteland speaks of Joseph Surrington, who died near Bergen, Norway, at the age of one hundred and sixty.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747
From England the contagion was carried by a ship to Bergen, the capital of Norway, where the plague then broke out in its most frightful form, with vomiting of blood; and throughout the whole country, spared not more than a third of the inhabitants.
J. F. C. (Justus Friedrich Carl) HeckerThe Black Death, and The Dancing ManiaTranslated by B. G. (Benjamin Guy) BabingtonProject Gutenberg ebook #1739