# Aberdeen

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /abəɹˈdin/ · frequency rank #9,427

## Definitions
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.
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21. A community in Nova Scotia.
22. A community in Ontario.
23. A town in Saskatchewan.
24. A settlement in Saint Elizabeth parish, Jamaica.
25. A neighbourhood of Freetown, Sierra Leone.
26. A town in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa.
27. A town in the Muswellbrook council area and the Upper Hunter council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
28. A suburb of Devonport, in northern Tasmania, Australia.
29. An area and town in Southern district, Hong Kong.

## Etymology
The first is from Pictish *ᚐᚁᚓᚏ (aber, “confluence”), from Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”). The second element comes from the river Don (the site of Old Aberdeen). Written Aberdon circa 1187 and Aberden circa 1214.
The area and town in Hong Kong is named after George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen.

## Common misspellings (11)
`abberdeen`, `abedreen`, `aberddeen`, `aberdeenn`, `aberden`, `aberdene`, `abereden`, `aberrdeen`, `abredeen`, `aebrdeen`, `baerdeen`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/aberdeen