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ˈbɪər ɪŋ, ˈbɛər-bering

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Bering, Vitus Bering, Behring, Vitus Behringnoun

    Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741)

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  1. bering

    The term "Bering" is often used in a geographical context, referring to the Bering Sea, Bering Strait, or Bering Land Bridge, named after Vitus Bering, a Danish explorer who worked for Russia. 1. Bering Sea: A marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean. It comprises a deep water basin, which then rises through a narrow slope into the shallower water above the continental shelves. 2. Bering Strait: A strait of the Pacific, which separates Russia and Alaska. It's also known as the border between the two continents of the Americas and Asia. 3. Bering Land Bridge: An ancient land bridge approximately 1,000 miles wide from north to south, which joined present-day Alaska and eastern Siberia during the Pleistocene ice age. When referencing a person, it refers to Vitus Bering, a Danish navigator, who explored in service of Russia and the strait, sea and land bridge mentioned were named after him. 4. Vitus Bering: He is known for his two explorations of the north-eastern coast of the Asian continent and from there the western coast on the North American continent. The Bering Strait, the Bering Sea, Bering Island, the Bering Glacier and the Bering Land Bridge were all named in his honor.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BERING

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bering is ranked #46487 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Bering surname appeared 458 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Bering.

    84.2% or 386 total occurrences were White.
    8% or 37 total occurrences were Black.
    2.8% or 13 total occurrences were Asian.
    2.4% or 11 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of bering in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of bering in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of bering in a Sentence

  1. Aliy Zirkle:

    When you get 500 miles from nowhere, you stop. You get off, look at your dogs and they are wagging their tails at you and you think I just made it from Anchorage to the Bering Sea – just me.

  2. Captain Keith Colburn:

    Guys, especially on the Bering Sea, are used to working with just guys… I think more than anything it was more of a distraction for them more than anything. thing is, I make almost all of my money from fishing not from TV... It’s a lucrative job if you own the boat.

  3. Captain Keith Colburn:

    It’s kind of an odd dynamic having a female on the boat… The guys, especially some of the younger guys I feel were a little intimidated, guys, especially on the Bering Sea, are used to working with just guys… I think more than anything it was more of a distraction for them more than anything.

  4. Vladimir Fortov:

    The idea is that basing on the new technology of high-speed rail transport we can build a new railway near the Trans-Siberian Railway with the opportunity to go to Chukotka and Bering Strait and then to the American continent.

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