BERING

Meaning of BERING in English

n. family name; Vitus Bering (1681-1741), Danish-born explorer and navigator who enlisted in the Russian navy and explored the north Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait, the first person to map the west coast of Alaska

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BERING — biographical name Vitus Jonassen 1681-1741 Danish navigator
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BERING — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Bering Sea Bering Sea Dispute Bering Vitus Jonassen
Английский словарь Британика
BERING — /bear"ing, ber"-, bair"-/ ; Dan. /bay"rdding/ , n. Vitus /vee"toos/ , 1680-1741, Danish navigator: explorer of the N Pacific. Also, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BERING — biographical name Vitus Jonassen 1681-1741 Danish navigator
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BERING — Bering BrE AmE ˈbeər ɪŋ ˈber- AmE ˈbɪr ɪŋ ˈber- —Danish [ ˈbeː ʁeŋ \] ▶ ˌ Bering ˈ Sea, …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BERING — n. Bering Sea Bering Sea Dispute Bering Vitus Jonassen
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BERING — берингов
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BERING — Беринг
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BERING — берингов
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BERING — берингов
Англо-Русский словарь
BERING — n. Pronunciation: ' ber-i ŋ , ' bir- Function: biographical name Vitus Jonassen 1681-1741 Dan. navigator
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BERING, VITUS (JONASSEN) — born 1681, Horsens, Den. died Dec. 19, 1741, Bering Island, near the Kamchatka Peninsula Danish-born Russian navigator. He joined the …
Английский словарь Британика
BERING SEA DISPUTE — Dispute between the U.S. and Britain (and Canada) over the international status of the Bering Sea . In an attempt …
Английский словарь Британика
BERING SEA — Body of water, northern Pacific Ocean. Enclosed by Alaska, the Aleutian Islands , the Siberia , it covers 885,000 sq …
Английский словарь Британика
BERING SEA — ˈberiŋ-, ˈbir- adjective Usage: usually capitalized B&S Etymology: from Bering Sea, part of the northern Pacific : old bering sea
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BERING, VITUS (JONASSEN) — born 1681, Horsens, Den. died Dec. 19, 1741, Bering Island, near the Kamchatka Peninsula navigator whose exploration of the Bering …
Britannica English vocabulary
BERING, VITUS — Additional reading Glimpses of personality have to be found in the descriptions of Bering's expeditions, such as F.A. Golder, Bering's …
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BERING STRAIT — Russian Proliv Beringa, strait linking the Arctic Ocean with the Bering Sea and separating the continents of Asia and North …
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BERING SEA AND STRAIT — The Bering Sea and the Bering Strait. Russian Beringovo More and Proliv Beringa, northernmost part of the Pacific Ocean, separating …
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BERING SEA DISPUTE — dispute between the United States, on the one hand, and Great Britain and Canada, on the other, over the international …
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BERING SEA — Russian Beringovo More, body of water in the northernmost Pacific Ocean that separates the continents of Asia (northeastern Siberia) and …
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BERING, VITUS JONASSEN — born 1681, Horsens, Den. died Dec. 19, 1741, Bering Island, near the Kamchatka Peninsula Danish-born Russian navigator. He joined the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BERING, VITUS — born 1681, Horsens, Den. died Dec. 19, 1741, Bering Island, near the Kamchatka Peninsula Danish-born Russian navigator. He joined the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BERING STRAIT — the narrow passage of water between Alaska and Russia. It connects the Bering Sea , the most northern part of …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
ALASKA — I State (pop., 2000: 626,932) of the U.S., lying at the northwest extremity of North America. It is the largest …
Английский словарь Британика
SEA COW — also called Steller's Sea Cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), large aquatic mammal of the order Sirenia that formerly inhabited the frigid waters …
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YUKON RIVER — one of the major rivers of North America, whose remotest headwaters originate in the McNeil River north of the border …
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PACIFIC OCEAN — body of saltwater extending from the Antarctic region in the south to the Arctic in the north and lying between …
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KOMANDOR ISLANDS — Russian Komandorskiye Ostrova, English Commander Islands, group of four islands, Kamchatka oblast (province), extreme eastern Russia. Geographically part of the …
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CHIRIKOV, ALEKSEY ILICH — born , 1703 died November 1748, Moscow, Russia explorer, second in command on the Arctic expeditions of Vitus Bering, whose …
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ARCTIC — northernmost region of the Earth, centred on the North Pole and characterized by distinctively polar conditions of climate, plant and …
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ALASKA — constituent state of the United States of America. It lies at the extreme northwest of the North American continent and …
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