aberdeen

UK /abəɹˈdin/ US /ˌæb.ɚˈdin/

name 5noun 2

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ADJ.

gray-green, narrow

The narrow Aberdeen streets wound through the old city center like a maze.

VERB + ABERDEEN

traveling

We were traveling to Aberdeen when our train broke down in the Scottish highlands.

ABERDEEN + NOUN

glasgow, village

I grew up in a small Aberdeen village on the coast of northeast Scotland.

PREP.

from, in

My grandfather came from Aberdeen and settled in Glasgow during the 1950s.

Definitions

name

A port city in Aberdeen council area, Scotland, on the North Sea.

Nickname: the Granite City

A council area of Scotland including the city, one of 32 created in 1996.

A former county in northeastern Scotland; see Aberdeenshire.

A number of places in the United States:

noun

A wide evenly curved fishhook.

Alternative form of Aberdeen terrier.

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Nickname: the Granite City

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary

Police Launch No. 32 sliced through the murky gray-green waters of Aberdeen, navigating the narrow path between fishing junks, sampan taxis and the gaudy Jumbo floating seafood restaurant.

Wiktionary

The train was traveling from Aberdeen to Glasgow when the derailment occurred.

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