BERING, VITUS

Meaning of BERING, VITUS in English

Additional reading Glimpses of personality have to be found in the descriptions of Bering's expeditions, such as F.A. Golder, Bering's Voyages: An Account of the Efforts of the Russians to Determine the Relation of Asia and America, 2 vol. (19221925, reissued 1968); and Robert Murphy, The Haunted Journey (1961). See also Raymond H. Fisher, Bering's Voyages: Whither and Why (1977).

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BERING, VITUS — born 1681, Horsens, Den. died Dec. 19, 1741, Bering Island, near the Kamchatka Peninsula Danish-born Russian navigator. He joined the …
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BERING — biographical name Vitus Jonassen 1681-1741 Danish navigator
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BERING — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Bering Sea Bering Sea Dispute Bering Vitus Jonassen
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BERING — /bear"ing, ber"-, bair"-/ ; Dan. /bay"rdding/ , n. Vitus /vee"toos/ , 1680-1741, Danish navigator: explorer of the N Pacific. Also, …
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VITUS — n. (Latin) first name that means "lively"; St. Vitus, Christian Sicilian martyr (died in the year 303) who was helper …
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BERING — n. family name; Vitus Bering (1681-1741), Danish-born explorer and navigator who enlisted in the Russian navy and explored the north …
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BERING — biographical name Vitus Jonassen 1681-1741 Danish navigator
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VITUS — Vitus BrE AmE ˈvaɪt əs AmE \ ˈvaɪt̬ əs
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BERING — Bering BrE AmE ˈbeər ɪŋ ˈber- AmE ˈbɪr ɪŋ ˈber- —Danish [ ˈbeː ʁeŋ \] ▶ ˌ Bering ˈ Sea, …
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BERING — n. Bering Sea Bering Sea Dispute Bering Vitus Jonassen
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VITUS — Saint, dancing master whose repertoire did not include the turkey trot.
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VITUS — Vitus
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VITUS — Vitus
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BERING — берингов
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VITUS — Святой Витт
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BERING — Беринг
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VITUS — Vitus
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BERING — берингов
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VITUS — Vitus
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BERING — берингов
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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 …
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BERING SEA — Body of water, northern Pacific Ocean. Enclosed by Alaska, the Aleutian Islands , the Siberia , it covers 885,000 sq …
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SAINT VITUS'S DANCE — noun see: Saint Vitus' dance
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SAINT VITUS' DANCE — noun Etymology: Saint Vitus, 3d century Christian child martyr Date: 1621 chorea
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BERING SEA DISPUTE — Dispute between the U.S. and Britain (and Canada) over the international status of the Bering Sea . In an attempt …
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SAINT VITUS'S DANCE — -ˈvīd.əs(ə̇z)-, -ˈvītəs(ə̇z)- noun Usage: usually capitalized S&V Etymology: after St. Vitus, 3d century Christian child martyr who was invoked by …
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BERING SEA — ˈberiŋ-, ˈbir- adjective Usage: usually capitalized B&S Etymology: from Bering Sea, part of the northern Pacific : old bering sea
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ST. VITUS'S DANCE — /vuy"teuh siz/ , Pathol. chorea (def. 2). Also, St. Vitus dance /vuy"teuhs/ , St. Vitus' dance /vuy"teuhs, -teuh siz/ , …
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SAINT VITUS'S DANCE — /vuy"teuh siz/ . See St. Vitus's dance. Also, Saint Vitus' dance .
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SAINT VITUS'S DANCE — see Saint Vitus' dance
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SAINT VITUS' DANCE — noun Etymology: Saint Vitus, 3d century Christian child martyr Date: 1621 : chorea — called also Saint Vitus's dance same
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ST VITUS'S DANCE — [ 'vʌɪtəsɪz ] ■ noun old-fashioned term for Sydenham's chorea . Origin so named because a visit to the shrine …
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SAINT VITUS' DANCE — [Saint Vi.tus' dance] n [St. Vitus, 3d cent. Christian child martyr] (1621): chorea--called also Saint Vitus's dance
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BERING, VITUS (JONASSEN) — born 1681, Horsens, Den. died Dec. 19, 1741, Bering Island, near the Kamchatka Peninsula navigator whose exploration of the Bering …
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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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ST VITUS — St Vitus BrE AmE s ə n t ˈvaɪt əs AmE seɪnt ˈvaɪt̬ əs ▷ St Vitus', St Vitus's s …
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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 …
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BERING STRAIT — the narrow passage of water between Alaska and Russia. It connects the Bering Sea , the most northern part of …
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SYDENHAM, THOMAS — born 1624, Wynford Eagle, Dorset, Eng. died Dec. 29, 1689, London British physician. His Observationes medicae (1676) was a standard …
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SEA COW — or Steller's sea cow Extinct aquatic mammal ( Hydrodamalis gigas ) that lived around islands in the Bering Sea. It …
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SAINT ELIAS MOUNTAINS — Segment of the Pacific Coast Ranges in the southwestern Yukon Territory of Canada and eastern Alaska, U.S. The mountains extend …
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CHOREA — Neurological disorder causing irregular, involuntary, purposeless movements. It is believed to be caused by degeneration of the basal ganglia in …
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ALASKA — I State (pop., 2000: 626,932) of the U.S., lying at the northwest extremity of North America. It is the largest …
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BEHRING — /bay"rdding/ , n. 1. Emil von /ay"meel feuhn/ , 1854-1917, German physician and bacteriologist: Nobel prize in medicine 1901. 2. …
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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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CHOREA — also called Hyperkinesia, in dogs, a disorder in which muscle spasms are prominent. It is usually associated with distemper, encephalitis, …
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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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PRAGUE — Czech Praha city, capital of the Czech Republic. Situated on the Vltava River, Prague is the country's major economic and …
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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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DANCE — 1. сущ. 1) а) танец barn dance ≈ сельский праздник с танцами They met at a dance. ≈ Они познакомились …
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DANCE — 1. сущ. 1) а) танец barn dance ≈ сельский праздник с танцами They met at a dance. ≈ Они познакомились …
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