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VITUS BEHRING

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Overview

VITUS BEHRING (noun)
  The noun VITUS BEHRING has 1 sense:

1. Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741)play

  Familiarity information: VITUS BEHRING used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


VITUS BEHRING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Behring; Bering; Vitus Behring; Vitus Bering

Instance hypernyms:

navigator (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)


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