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 

• BERGEN (noun)

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)