Definition of "Barents"

Barents

proper noun
1. Barents Sea
2. The regions of Norway and Russia that border the Barents Sea.
  Quotations
  The establishment of the Baltic and Barents cooperation councils was therefore an expression of a Nordic willingness to play an active part and indicative that the societies of the North are willing to consider new patterns of interaction.
  1993, Arctic Challenges: Report from the Nordic Council's Parliamentary Confernce in Reykjavik 16-17 August 1993, page 50
  Oil and gas production is potentially one of the most important growth industries in Barents Russia.
  2004, Bjørn Brunstad, Big Oil Playground, Russian Bear Preserve Or European Periphery?, page 39
3. Willem Barents