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Bering Time

Bering Time

8.0
Standard time used in places near the Bering Sea at 165° west
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : hora de Bering
  • Historically, Bering Time was used in regions around the Bering Sea.

Examples

  • The meeting is scheduled for 10 AM Bering Time.

  • The research team coordinated their activities according to Bering Time.

  • Flights to the Midway Islands are scheduled on Bering Time.

  • What time is it in Bering Time right now?

  • The meeting is scheduled for 10 AM Bering Time.

  • Historically, Bering Time was used in regions around the Bering Sea.

  • Flights to the Midway Islands are scheduled on Bering Time.

Synonyms

Bering Standard Time
vsBering Time
  • Archaic
8.9

Time that is 11 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time and used in parts of the Pacific

is the identical time standard but referred to by a shorter historical name

Surface Forms

Bering Time singular
Bering Times plural

Morphology

Bering + time

This is a place-name + 'time' construction where the meaning ('the standard/local time for the Bering region') is directly inferable from the constituents. The pattern [place] + time to name a time zone or local time is cross-linguistically common, so a learner who knows the proper noun 'Bering' and 'time' would readily understand the MWE.

Etymology

Bering Time comes from the Bering Sea area, a region named after the explorer Vitus Bering, where some islands and coasts kept their own clock time. So Bering Time means the local 'time zone' used in that region.