Aberdeen

American

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

noun

Also called Aberdeenshire. a historic county in NE Scotland.
a seaport in NE Scotland, on the North Sea: administrative center of the Grampian region.
a city in NE South Dakota.
a seaport in W Washington.
a town in NE Maryland.
a fishhook having an extended bend.

Aberdeen ¹ British

/ ˌæbəˈdiːn /

noun

a city in NE Scotland, on the North Sea: centre for processing North Sea oil and gas; university (1494). Pop: 184 788 (2001)
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

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

City in northeastern Scotland, on the North Sea.

Other Word Forms

Aberdonian

adjective

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Aberdeen

"There's some key positions that we still need a bit of work on in the next couple of days," Maloney said before Wednesday's Scottish Premiership visit by Aberdeen.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

The nursery admitted breaching health and safety regulations at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Jackdaw is a gas field situated east of the port of Aberdeen, and Rosebank, a field that mainly contains oil, lies west of the Shetland Islands.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

The Rosebank oil field and the Jackdaw gas field, 150 miles east of Aberdeen, had been approved under the previous Conservative government and construction is well under way.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

After a while, Stan remembered that Harry had paid for hot chocolate, but poured it all over Harry’s pillow when the bus moved abruptly from Anglesea to Aberdeen.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

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