Aberdeen

The first element is either Scottish Gaelic aber (“river mouth”) or Pictish aber (“confluence”), both from Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”). The second element is Don (“river in Scotland”) (the site of Old Aberdeen). Written Aberdon circa 1187 and Aberden circa 1214.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /æbə(ɹ)ˈdiːn/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæb.ɚˈdin/, (some US cities) /ˈæb.ɚˌdin/

Aberdeen

1. A port city in Aberdeen council area, Scotland, on the North Sea.

   Nickname: the Granite City

2. A council area of Scotland including the city, one of 32 created in 1996.
3. A former county in northeastern Scotland; see Aberdeenshire.
4. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A locality in Monroe County, Arkansas.
   2. An unincorporated community in Inyo County, California.
   3. A census-designated place in Florida.
   4. A village in Georgia, United States.
   5. A city in Idaho.
   6. An unincorporated community in Ohio County, Indiana.
   7. A census-designated place in Porter County, Indiana.
   8. An unincorporated community in Butler County, Kentucky.
   9. A city in eastern Maryland, home of the Aberdeen Proving Grounds.
   10. A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Mississippi.
   11. A town in North Carolina.
   12. A village in Ohio.
   13. A city, the county seat of Brown County, in northeastern South Dakota, United States.
   14. A city in Washington.
   15. An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia.
5. A community in Nova Scotia.
6. A community in Ontario.
7. A town in Saskatchewan.
8. A town in Eastern Cape province, South Africa.
9. A town in New South Wales.
10. A suburb of Devonport, in northern Tasmania, Australia.
11. An area and town in the Southern District, Hong Kong.

• Definitions 7 and 16 use the US pronunciation.

• (port city in Scotland): Aberdeen cutlet
• Aberdeenshire
• (an island in Southern District, Hong Kong): Aberdeen Island
• (a channel between Aberdeen Island, Hong Kong and Brick Hill, Hong Kong): Aberdeen Channel
• Old Aberdeen

Aberdeen (plural Aberdeens)

1. (usually capitalized) A wide evenly curved fishhook.[1]
2. (usually capitalized) Alternative form of Aberdeen terrier

• 2003, A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:

• “Aberdeen, prop.n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

From English Aberdeen.

• IPA^(key): /a.bɛʁ.din/

Aberdeen f

1. Aberdeen (a city in Scotland)

• Aberdonien
• aberdonien

Unadapted borrowing from English Aberdeen.

Aberdeen

1. Aberdeen (a city in Scotland)