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

Staff at the University of Aberdeen have walked out in a further 10 days of strike action in an ongoing dispute over cuts.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

"These small facilities are feeder pools to go into the bigger facilities like the pools in Edinburgh and Aberdeen," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Only 10% of its liquefied natural gas imports flow through the embattled Strait of Hormuz, adds Hisashi Arakawa, head of Japan equities at Aberdeen Investments.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Aberdeen likes industrial conglomerate Hitachi, whose joint venture with General Electric is slated to build “small modular” nuclear power plants across the Southeast.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Stories, written and drawn, were in the Aberdeen girls’ blood.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake