ABERDEEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aberdeen mean? 

• ABERDEEN (noun)
  The noun ABERDEEN has 4 senses:

1. a town in western Washington

2. a town in northeastern South Dakota

3. a town in northeastern Maryland

4. a city in northeastern Scotland on the North Sea

  Familiarity information: ABERDEEN used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABERDEEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A town in western Washington

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

point of entry; port of entry (a port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise)

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Aberdeen" is a part of...):

Evergreen State; WA; Wash.; Washington (a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific)

Derivation:

Aberdonian (of or relating to Aberdeen)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A town in northeastern South Dakota

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Aberdeen" is a part of...):

Coyote State; Mount Rushmore State; S.D.; SD; South Dakota (a state in north central United States)

Derivation:

Aberdonian (of or relating to Aberdeen)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A town in northeastern Maryland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Aberdeen" is a part of...):

Free State; Maryland; MD; Md.; Old Line State (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)

Derivation:

Aberdonian (of or relating to Aberdeen)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A city in northeastern Scotland on the North Sea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Aberdeen" is a part of...):

Scotland (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts)

Derivation:

Aberdonian (of or relating to Aberdeen)

 Context examples 

There was a parallel instance in Aberdeen some years back, and something on very much the same lines at Munich the year after the Franco-Prussian War.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Now, by the merest chance, his wife received a telegram upon this same Monday, very shortly after his departure, to the effect that a small parcel of considerable value which she had been expecting was waiting for her at the offices of the Aberdeen Shipping Company.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)