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A port city, municipality, and former county of the county of Vestland, Norway, formerly part of the county of Hordaland.
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A Catholic diocese named after the above see.
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A city and hamlet in North Dakota.
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A surname from Norwegian.
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A municipality and village in Limburg province, Netherlands.
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A municipality and town in North Holland province, Netherlands.
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A town and village in Genesee County, New York, United States.
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An unincorporated community in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States.
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A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
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A town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
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A part of New Netherland, the name survives in Bergen County.
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Usage: historical
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A surname from Dutch.
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noun
A large rucksack.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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a port city in southwestern Norway
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Broader terms: city, metropolis, urban center, port
History
Borrowed from Norwegian Bergen, from Old Norse Bjǫrgvin (“meadow between the mountains”).
Borrowed from Dutch Bergen, from Middle Dutch bergen.
Shortened from Bergen rucksack, possibly named after their creator, Norwegian Ole F. Bergan, combined with the name of the Norwegian city of Bergen.
Across languages
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
