"Beringia" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /bəˈɹɪnd͡ʒiə/ [US]
Etymology: From Bering + -ia, coined by the Swedish botanist Eric Hultén in 1937. Etymology templates: {{af|en|Bering|-ia}} Bering + -ia Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Beringia
  1. 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. Translations (Translations): Beríngia [feminine] (Catalan), Béringie [feminine] (French), Beringia [feminine] (German), 베링 육교 (bering yukgyo) (Korean), Beringia [feminine] (Polish), Берингия (Beringija) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Beringia-en-name-YHuTjBGk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ia, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ia: 81 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 89 11
  2. All the land between the Lena river in Russia and the Mackenzie river in Canada
    Sense id: en-Beringia-en-name-QT0tkAqB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Beringian Related terms: Beringland
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