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Definition of Aberdeen

1. Noun. A town in western Washington.

2. Noun. A town in northeastern South Dakota.

3. Noun. A town in northeastern Maryland.

4. Noun. A city in northeastern Scotland on the North Sea.

Definition of Aberdeen

1. Proper noun. A port city in Scotland, on the North Sea. ¹

2. Proper noun. A county in northeastern Scotland. ¹

3. Proper noun. A city in northeastern South Dakota. ¹

4. Proper noun. A city in eastern Maryland, home of the Aberdeen Proving Grounds. ¹

5. Noun. (context usually capitalized) A wide evenly curved fishhook.(reference-book last = first = authorlink = coauthors = editor =Gove, Philip Babcock others = title = Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged origdate = origyear = 1909 origmonth = url = format = accessdate = accessyear = accessmonth = edition = date = year =1976 month = publisher =G. & C. Merriam Co. location = Springfield, MA language = id = doi = isbn =0-87779-101-5 lccn = ol = pages =3 chapter = chapterurl = quote =) ¹

6. Noun. (context: usually capitalized) (alternate form of Aberdeen Terrier). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aberdeen

Abell-Kendall method Abellen Ayta Abelmoschus Abelmoschus esculentus Abelmoschus moschatus Abelonian Abelonians Abelson Abelson murine leukaemia virus Abenaki

Abenakis Abenlen Abenlens Aber Aberdare Aberdeen (current term) Aberdeen Angus Aberdeen Terrier Aberdeen Terriers Aberdeens

Aberdonian Aberdonians Aberg Abergavenny Abergynolwyn Abernethy Abernethy's fascia Abernethy biscuit Abert's finch Abert's finches

Literary usage of Aberdeen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York public library (1910)
"Aberdeen burgess register; by Alexander Macdonald Munro. ... 350 of 525 copies printed. f CP Rejoicings (The) at Aberdeen for the restoration of Charles II. ..."

2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1864)
"All who chose might come, and no questions were asked. A lad from Cornwall or from Kent, who had never been in Aberdeen before, might have entered the hall ..."

3. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1896)
"Aberdeen, 1893. ). The New Book of lion-Accord. By William Cadenhead. Aberdeen, 1879. xA Description of the Chanonry, Cathedral, and King's College of Old ..."

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