Bering

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciationsEnglish: /ˈbɛrɪŋ/, Danish: /ˈbeːreŋ/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(bēr′ing, ber′-, bâr′-; Dan. bā′ring)



WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Ber•ing  (bēr′ing, ber′-, bâr′-; Dan. bā′ring),USA pronunciation n. 
    Vi•tus  (vē′tŏŏs),USA pronunciation 1680–1741, Danish navigator: explorer of the N Pacific.Also, Behring. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Bering, Behring /ˈbɛrɪŋ; ˈbɛər-; Danish: ˈbeːreŋ/ n
  1. Vitus ( ˈviːtʊs ). 1681–1741, Danish navigator, who explored the N Pacific for the Russians and discovered Bering Island and the Bering Strait
'Bering' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Alaska Peninsula - Aleutian Islands - Anadyr - Behring - Bering Sea - Bering Strait - Diomede Islands - Kamchatka - Kuskokwim - Little Diomede - Pacific Ocean - Pribilof Islands - Prince of Wales - Seward Peninsula - Yukon River - Bering time - Chukchi Peninsula - Chukchi Sea - Dezhnev - Gobi burin - Inupiaq - kittiwake - nonsobering - Oyashio Current - quillfish - unencumbering - unlumbering - unremembering - unslumbering - unsobering - Yukon - standard time

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