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Beretta
Beretta, formally Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta, is an Italian firearms maker founded in 1526, best known for the Model 92 pistol used as the US military M9.
Beretta 70
The Beretta 70 is a series of blowback semi-automatic pistols made in Brescia, Italy, from 1958 to 1985 and chambered in .22 LR, .32 ACP, and .380 ACP.
Beretta 92
The Beretta 92 (Beretta Model 92) is a series of 9mm Parabellum semiautomatic pistols first produced in 1975; its 92FS variant became the US military's M9 in 1985.
Beretta AR70/90
The Beretta AR70/90 is a gas-operated assault rifle in 5.56×45 mm NATO, adopted in 1990 as the standard service rifle of the Italian Armed Forces.
Beretta ARX160
The Beretta ARX160 is a modular assault rifle in 5.56×45 mm NATO caliber made by the Italian company Beretta, introduced in 2008 as a possible replacement for the AR70/90.
Beretta Cheetah
The Beretta Cheetah, officially the Series 81 or 80 Series, is a family of compact blowback semi-automatic pistols made by Pietro Beretta and introduced in 1976.
Beretta Cx4 Storm
The Beretta Cx4 Storm, or Cx4 Storm, is a semi-automatic pistol-caliber carbine made by Beretta in Italy, introduced to American consumers in 2003 in 9 mm, .40 S&W, or .45 ACP.
Beretta M12
The Beretta M12, also sold as the PM12, is an Italian 9mm submachine gun introduced in the late 1950s as a compact replacement for Beretta's wartime MAB 1938 series.
Beretta M1934
The Beretta M1934 is an Italian semi-automatic service pistol chambered in .380 ACP, designed by Tullio Marangoni and adopted as the standard Italian military sidearm in 1936.
Beretta M9
The Beretta M9, the military version of the Beretta 92FS, is a 9mm semiautomatic pistol that served as the standard US military sidearm from 1985 to 2017.
Beretta Model 38
The Beretta Model 38 (MAB 38) is an Italian 9 mm submachine gun homologated in 1938, regarded as one of the finest of World War II.
Beretta Px4 Storm
The Beretta Px4 Storm is a family of polymer-framed semiautomatic pistols made by the Italian gunmaker Beretta and introduced in 2005 for military and police use, notable for a rotating-barrel locking system.
Berezanka Raion
Berezanka Raion (Березанський район) was a former district of Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Berezanka; area about 1.4 thousand km2, 24,988 residents in 2001, formed 1923, recreated 1966, abolished in the July 2020 reform into Mykolaiv Raion.
Berezhany Raion
Berezhany Raion (Бережанський район) was a district in western Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Berezhany; created 1940, area 660 km², population 44,813 (2001), abolished 2020 into Ternopil Raion.
Berezil
Berezil (Березіль) was a Ukrainian modernist theater and artistic association founded by Les Kurbas in Kyiv in 1922, the leading experimental stage of Soviet Ukraine until 1935.
Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve
Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve (Березинский биосферный заповедник), a UNESCO MAB site in northern Belarus designated in 1978-1979, protects southern European taiga with an 11,000-ha undrained bog, bears, wolves, bison, and Ramsar and European Diploma status.
Berezniki
Berezniki (Березники), city in Perm Krai, Russia, on the Kama River; chemical and potash mining center formed in 1932, known for mine flooding since 2006 that caused sinkholes and subsidence.
Berezovskaya power station
Berezovskaya power station (Березовская ГРЭС, also Berezovskaya GRES) is a 2,420 MW brown-coal-fired power station in Sharypovo, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, supplying about 15% of the region's electricity.
Berg Balance Scale
The Berg Balance Scale is a 14-item clinical test that scores functional balance tasks from 0 to 56 to quantify fall risk and track rehabilitation progress.
Berg Collegium
The Berg Collegium (Берг-коллегия) was the central Russian state institution for mining and metallurgy, established by Peter I in 1719, operating with interruptions until its abolition in 1806 or 1807.
Berg Privilege of 1719
The Berg Privilege of 1719 (Берг-привилегия) was a decree of Peter I, issued in December 1719, opening the search for and mining of ores to all subjects.
Bergamo
Bergamo (Bèrghem), Lombardy city and provincial capital in northern Italy, known for its walled Città Alta, UNESCO-listed Venetian Walls (2017), 119,381 residents, major Milan Bergamo Airport, and first place in Il Sole 24 Ore's 2024 quality-of-life ranking.
Bergamot essential oil
Bergamot essential oil (Citrus bergamia aetheroleum), cold-pressed from bergamot peel, mainly Reggio Calabria; limonene, linalool, linalyl acetate; bergapten phototoxicity, IFRA 0.4% limit; Earl Grey tea and perfumery flavoring.
Bergamot orange
Bergamot orange (Citrus bergamia), a sour citrus hybrid grown almost only in Reggio Calabria, Italy; cold-pressed peel oil rich in linalool and linalyl acetate flavours Earl Grey tea and perfumes; bergapten causes phototoxicity.
Bergdorf Goodman
Bergdorf Goodman, founded in 1901 by Edwin Goodman and Herman Bergdorf, is a luxury department store at Fifth Avenue and 58th Street, Manhattan, with a 1928 Buchman & Kahn landmark building, a 1990 men's store, and ownership history running from Carter Hawley Hale to Neiman Marcus Group and Exemplar Luxury Group.
Bergdorf Goodman Building
Bergdorf Goodman Building, 754 Fifth Avenue (2 West 58th Street), Manhattan: 1927-28 Buchman & Kahn department store on the former Vanderbilt II mansion site, seven unified Modern Classical buildings, NYC landmark since 2016.
Berge
Berge: French feminine noun for the sloping bank of a river, stream, or canal, above normal water level; English equivalents bank, river bank, steep bank. Covers etymology, geomorphology, ecology, and GEMET terminology.
Berge A. Minassian
Berge A. Minassian is a Canadian-trained pediatric neurologist and neurogeneticist, Division Chief of Child Neurology at UT Southwestern, known for discovering the Lafora disease genes and developing gene therapies for childhood neurological diseases.
Bergen
Bergen, Norway's second city (294,860 inhabitants in 2026), founded around 1070 by Olav Kyrre; a Hanseatic stockfish trading hub from 1360, home of the UNESCO-listed Bryggen wharf since 1979.
Bergen Aquarium
Bergen Aquarium (Akvariet i Bergen), Norway's largest aquarium, opened 27 August 1960 on Nordnes in Bergen. Over 60 tanks of Norwegian marine fauna, seals, penguins, and about 30 crocodiles; Statsbygg found over 20 building deviations in 2025.