vitus bering

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsBeringBehringVitus Behring

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Questions about vitus bering

What does vitus bering mean?

vitus bering means "Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741)".

What is another word for vitus bering?

Close synonyms include Bering, Behring, Vitus Behring. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vitus bering a common word?

vitus bering is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.