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beringia

/bəˈɹɪnd͡ʒiə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables
beringia
IPA
/bəˈɹɪnd͡ʒiə/
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The Bering land bridge, a geographical phenomenon roughly 1,000 miles (1,600 km) wide (north to south) at its greatest extent, which joined present-day Alaska and eastern Siberia at various times during the Pleistocene ice ages; the land bridge previously occupying what is now the Bering Strait.

name

All the land between the Lena river in Russia and the Mackenzie river in Canada

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Bering + -ia, coined by the Swedish botanist Eric Hultén in 1937.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /bəˈɹɪnd͡ʒiə/

Derived Forms

Beringian

Frequently Paired Words

Beringland

Questions

How do you pronounce beringia?
The recorded pronunciation is /bəˈɹɪnd͡ʒiə/.
What does beringia mean?
The Bering land bridge, a geographical phenomenon roughly 1,000 miles (1,600 km) wide (north to south) at its greatest extent, which joined present-day Alaska and eastern Siberia at various times during the Pleistocene ice ages; the land bridge previously occupying what is now the Bering Strait.
Where does beringia come from?
From Bering + -ia, coined by the Swedish botanist Eric Hultén in 1937.

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