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Aberdeen

[ ab-er-deen ab-er-deen ]

noun

  1. Also called Ab·er·deen·shire [ab-er-, deen, -sheer, -sher]. a historic county in NE Scotland.
  2. a seaport in NE Scotland, on the North Sea: administrative center of the Grampian region.
  3. a city in NE South Dakota.
  4. a seaport in W Washington.
  5. a town in NE Maryland.
  6. a fishhook having an extended bend.


Aberdeen

1

/ ˌæbəˈdiːn /

noun

  1. a city in NE Scotland, on the North Sea: centre for processing North Sea oil and gas; university (1494). Pop: 184 788 (2001)
  2. City of Aberdeen
    City of Aberdeen a council area in NE Scotland, established in 1996. Pop: 206 600 (2003 est). Area: 186 sq km (72 sq miles)


Aberdeen

2

/ ˌæbəˈdiːn /

noun

  1. AberdeenGeorge Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen17841860MBritishPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of. 1784–1860, British statesman. He was foreign secretary under Wellington (1828) and Peel (1841–46); became prime minister of a coalition ministry in 1852 but was compelled to resign after mismanagement of the Crimean War (1855)

Aberdeen

  1. City in northeastern Scotland , on the North Sea .


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Other Words From

  • Ab·er·do·ni·an [ab-er-, doh, -nee-, uh, n], adjective noun

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Example Sentences

Aberdeen, perched on the North Sea, offers a perfect example of the schism between the top and bottom earners.

The two are said to have fallen in love when she visited him at his home in Aberdeen, Scotland.

He lives 45 miles south of Aberdeen in a small town called Montrose, home to the second oldest golf course in the world.

A former Fulbright scholar in Ukraine, Dr. Brasher has taught at the University of Aberdeen, and Tulane University.

Barbour tells pitifully how the fugitives' clothes and shoon were riven and rent before they reached Aberdeen.

From Inverness an unsurpassed highway leads to Aberdeen, a distance of a little over one hundred miles.

Fifteen miles south of Aberdeen we came in sight of Dunnottar Castle, lying about two miles from the highway.

However, he arrived in Aberdeen radiant, gave his lecture, and at the end was presented by Donald with a cheque for twenty pounds.

A laird, in the county of Aberdeen, had a well-stocked fowl yard, but could never get any new-laid eggs for breakfast.

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