Aberdeen

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Aberdeen

  1. A port city in Scotland, on the North Sea.
  2. A former county in northeastern Scotland; see Aberdeenshire.
  3. A census-designated place in Florida
  4. A village in the State of Georgia
  5. A city in Idaho
  6. A census-designated place in Porter County, Indiana
  7. A city in eastern Maryland, home of the Aberdeen Proving Grounds.
  8. A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Mississippi.
  9. A town in New South Wales
  10. A town in North Carolina
  11. A community of Nova Scotia
  12. A village in Ohio
  13. A community of Ontario
  14. A town in Saskatchewan
  15. A town in Eastern Cape, South Africa
  16. A city, the county seat of Brown County, in northeastern South Dakota, United States.
  17. A city in Washington
  18. A region in Southern District, Hong Kong.

Usage notes

  • Definitions 7 and 16 use the US pronunciation.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Aberdeen (plural Aberdeens)

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

Translations

References

  1. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 3
  • 2003, A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press →ISBN

French

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Etymology

From English Aberdeen.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Aberdeen f

  1. Aberdeen (a city in Scotland)

Derived terms

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Aberdeen.

Proper noun

Aberdeen f

  1. Aberdeen (a city in Scotland)
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