Aberdeen
English
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.
Proper noun
Aberdeen
- A port city in Scotland, on the North Sea.
- A former county in northeastern Scotland; see Aberdeenshire.
- A census-designated place in Florida
- A village in the State of Georgia
- A city in Idaho
- A census-designated place in Porter County, Indiana
- A city in eastern Maryland, home of the Aberdeen Proving Grounds.
- A city in Mississippi, and the county seat of Monroe County.
- A town in New South Wales
- A town in North Carolina
- A community in Nova Scotia
- A village in Ohio
- A community in Ontario
- A town in Saskatchewan
- A town in Eastern Cape, South Africa
- A city in northeastern South Dakota, USA, and the county seat of Brown County.
- A city in Washington
Usage notes
- Definitions 7 and 16 use the US pronunciation.
Derived terms
- (port city in Scotland): Aberdeen cutlet
- Aberdeenshire
Translations
city in Scotland
Noun
Aberdeen (plural Aberdeens)
- (usually capitalized) A wide evenly curved fishhook.[1]
- (usually capitalized) Alternative form of Aberdeen terrier
Translations
fishhook
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References
- 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
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