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.

The area and town in Hong Kong is named after George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen.

• (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 Southern district, Hong Kong.

    Synonyms: (obsolete) Hong Kong Tsai, Heung Kong Tsai, Little Hong Kong

• Definitions 7 and 16 use the US pronunciation.

• (port city in Scotland): Aberdeen cutlet
• Aberdeenshire
• (area and town in Hong Kong): Aberdeen Island, Aberdeen Channel
• Old Aberdeen

Aberdeen (plural Aberdeens)

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

• “Aberdeen, prop.n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
• A. D. Mills (2003) A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press, →ISBN
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Aberdeen”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 1, 2nd edition, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 5, column 3

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)