Aberdeen

Meanings

Proper Noun

• port city Aberdeen (council area) Scotland (constituent country), on the North Sea.
• council area Scotland (constituent country) including the city, one of 32 created in 1996.
• former county in northeastern Scotland (constituent country); see Aberdeenshire.
• populated place Monroe County (county) Arkansas (state).
• (unincorporated) community Inyo County (county) California (state).
• census-designated place Florida (state).
• village Georgia (state) USA (country).
• city Idaho (state).
• (unincorporated) community Ohio County (county) Indiana (state).
• census-designated place Porter County (county) Indiana (state).
• (unincorporated) community Butler County (county) Kentucky (state).
• city in eastern Maryland (state), home of the Aberdeen Proving Grounds.
• city, county seat Monroe County (county) Mississippi (state).
• town New South Wales (state).
• town North Carolina (state).
• community Nova Scotia (province).
• village Ohio (state).
• community Ontario (province).
• town Saskatchewan (province).
• town Eastern Cape (province) South Africa (country).
• city, county seat Brown County (county) in northeastern South Dakota (state) USA (country).
• suburb city, Devonport in northern Tasmania (state) Australia (country).
• city Washington (state).
• (unincorporated) community Lewis County (county) West Virginia (state).
• area/and/town Southern District (district) Hong Kong (special administrative region).

Noun

• A wide evenly curved fishhook.
• Alternative of Aberdeen terrier

Origin

• The first element is either Scottish Gaelic aber ("river mouth") or Pictish ("confluence"), both from Proto-Celtic *abū ("river"). The second element is Don (the site of Old Aberdeen). Written Aberdon circa 1187 and Aberden circa 1214.