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bergen
/ˈbəɹɡən/
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What does bergen mean?
noun
- A large rucksack.
proper noun
- A port city, municipality, and former county of the county of Vestland, Norway, formerly part of the county of Hordaland.
- A Catholic diocese named after the above see.
More meanings (10)
proper noun
- A city and hamlet in North Dakota.
- A surname from Norwegian.
- A municipality and village in Limburg province, Netherlands.
- A municipality and town in North Holland province, Netherlands.
- A town and village in Genesee County, New York, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
- A surname from Dutch.
- (historical) A part of New Netherland, the name survives in Bergen County.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbəɹɡən/
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See this word in context.
But the Ren whirled on, and the driver shook the reins and thought only of Bergen.
It was a lovely trip through the fjords to Bergen, as warm and pleasant in here as it had been bitter and cold outside.
More book examples (3)
"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."
Huteland speaks of Joseph Surrington, who died near Bergen, Norway, at the age of one hundred and sixty.
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.