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Vinony

Aberdeen

proper noun

  1. city in Scotland
  2. place name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /abəɹˈdin/ / /æbəˈdiːn/ / /ˌæb.ɚˈdin/

name

Etymology: The first is from Pictish *ᚐᚁᚓᚏ (aber, “confluence”). The second element comes from the river Don (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.

  1. A port city in Aberdeen council area, Scotland, on the North Sea.
  2. A council area of Scotland including the city, one of 32 created in 1996.
  3. A former county in northeastern Scotland; see Aberdeenshire.
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  21. A community in Nova Scotia.
  22. A community in Ontario.
  23. A town in Saskatchewan.
  24. A settlement in Saint Elizabeth parish, Jamaica.
  25. A neighbourhood of Freetown, Sierra Leone.
  26. A town in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa.
  27. A town in the Muswellbrook council area and the Upper Hunter council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  28. A suburb of Devonport, in northern Tasmania, Australia.
  29. An area and town in Southern district, Hong Kong.

    “In Aberdeen, a fishing village of 12,000 fishermen who live on more than 3,000 sampans, we were transported on a rickety sampan through the mazelike sea community; on these modest wooden boats, large families, dogs, the day's catch of drying fish and television antennas all co-exist.”

    “Police Launch No. 32 sliced through the murky gray-green waters of Aberdeen, navigating the narrow path between fishing junks, sampan taxis and the gaudy Jumbo floating seafood restaurant.”

noun

Etymology: The first is from Pictish *ᚐᚁᚓᚏ (aber, “confluence”). The second element comes from the river Don (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.

  1. A wide evenly curved fishhook.
  2. Alternative form of Aberdeen terrier.