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BERGEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bergen mean?
• BERGEN (noun)
The noun BERGEN has 1 sense:
1. a port city in southwestern Norway
Familiarity information: BERGEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A port city in southwestern Norway
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
Holonyms ("Bergen" is a part of...):
Kingdom of Norway; Noreg; Norge; Norway (a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905)
Holonyms ("Bergen" is a member of...):
Hanseatic League (a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas; formed in 1241 and most influential in the 14th century when it included over 100 towns and functioned as an independent political power; the last official assembly was held in 1669)
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