| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Bering, Vitus |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Ber·ing |
| PRONUNCIATION: | bîr ng, bâr -, b r - b r ng |
| DATES: | 16811741 |
| Danish navigator and explorer who in 1728 sailed through the Bering Strait, proving (though he did not realize it at the time) that Asia and North America are separate continents.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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