Beringia
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Beringia
- /bəˈɹɪnd͡ʒiə/ US
Where it comes from
From Bering + -ia, coined by the Swedish botanist Eric Hultén in 1937.
proper noun
- 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. Note that, while not in Alaska, one site from the adjacent Yukon Territory has been included as well; it, too, would have been within easter Beringia during the last glaciation.
- All the land between the Lena river in Russia and the Mackenzie river in Canada
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Talk about this word "Beringia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/beringia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Beringia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/beringia "Beringia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/beringia.Cite this
@misc{beringia_2026,
title = {Beringia},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beringia},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
