Definition of "Aberdeen"

Aberdeen

/æbə(ɹ)ˈdiːn/

proper noun
1. A port city in Aberdeen council area, Scotland, on the North Sea.
2. A council area of Scotland including the city, one of 32 created in 1996.
3. A former county in northeastern Scotland; see Aberdeenshire.
4. A number of places in the United States:
  1. A locality in Monroe County, Arkansas.
  2. An unincorporated community in Inyo County, California.
  3. An unincorporated community in Palm Beach County, Florida.
  4. A neighbourhood of Peachtree City, Fayette County, Georgia.
  5. A city in Bingham County, Idaho.
  6. An unincorporated community in Cass Township, Ohio County, Indiana.
  7. A census-designated place in Center Township, Porter County, Indiana.
  8. An unincorporated community in Butler County, Kentucky.
  9. A city in Harford County, Maryland, home of the Aberdeen Proving Grounds.
  10. A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Mississippi.
  11. A township in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
  12. A town in Moore County, North Carolina.
  13. A village in Huntington Township, Brown County, Ohio.
  14. A city, the county seat of Brown County, in northeastern South Dakota, United States.
  15. An unincorporated community in Collingsworth County, Texas.
  16. A city in Grays Harbor County, Washington.
  17. An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia.
5. A community in Nova Scotia.
6. A community in Ontario.
7. A town in Saskatchewan.
8. A settlement in Saint Elizabeth parish, Jamaica.
9. A neighbourhood of Freetown, Sierra Leone.
10. A town in Eastern Cape province, South Africa.
11. A town in New South Wales.
12. A suburb of Devonport, in northern Tasmania, Australia.
13. An area and town in Southern district, Hong Kong.
  Quotations
  In Aberdeen, a fishing village of 12,000 fishermen who live on more than 3,000 sampans, we were transported on a rickety sampan through the mazelike sea community; on these modest wooden boats, large families, dogs, the day's catch of drying fish and television antennas all co-exist.
  1985 October 27, Marcia Seligson, “HONG KONG, MADE TO ORDER”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 24 May 2015, Section 10, page 15‎
noun
plural Aberdeens
1. (usually capitalized) A wide evenly curved fishhook.
2. (usually capitalized) Alternative form of Aberdeen terrier