Aberdeen

American  

[ab-er-deen, ab-er-deen] / ˌæb ərˈdin, ˈæb ərˌdin /

noun

1. Also called Aberdeenshire.  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.

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Aberdeen ¹ British  

/ 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. a council area in NE Scotland, established in 1996. Pop: 206 600 (2003 est). Area: 186 sq km (72 sq miles)

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Aberdeen ² British  

/ ˌæbəˈdiːn /

noun

1. 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)

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Aberdeen Cultural  

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

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Other Word Forms

• Aberdonian
  adjective

Example Sentences

Badenoch added her party "is working to earn the trust of the country again", and is "grateful and humbled" that residents of Aberdeen South voted for the Tories.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

Lumsden is to resign as North East MSP now that he has been elected for Aberdeen South because there is a Holyrood ban on dual mandates.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

"Makerfield was about one man's job. Aberdeen South was about thousands of jobs in oil and gas across our country and the future of an entire city," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch became a frequent flyer in the final weeks of the by-election campaign in Aberdeen South.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

It was a ridiculous scene inside—an underwater recreation of the hovering garbage at Aberdeen Lake State Penitentiary.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith