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.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /æbə(ɹ)ˈdiːn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌæb.ɚˈdin/, (some US cities) /ˈæb.ɚˌdin/

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 in Mississippi, and the county seat of Monroe County.
  9. A town in New South Wales
  10. A town in North Carolina
  11. A community in Nova Scotia
  12. A village in Ohio
  13. A community in Ontario
  14. A town in Saskatchewan
  15. A town in Eastern Cape, South Africa
  16. A city in northeastern South Dakota, USA, and the county seat of Brown County.
  17. A city in Washington

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

Etymology

From English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.bɛʁ.din/

Proper noun

Aberdeen f

  1. Aberdeen

Derived terms


Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Aberdeen.

Proper noun

Aberdeen f

  1. Aberdeen (a city in Scotland)
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