Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: aberdeen
IPA transcription: ['æbɚd,in]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Aberdeen
    Meaning: a city in northeastern Scotland on the North Sea
  • Synonyms: Aberdeen
    Meaning: a town in northeastern Maryland
  • Synonyms: Aberdeen
    Meaning: a town in northeastern South Dakota
  • Synonyms: Aberdeen
    Meaning: a town in western Washington
Usage examples
  • Aberdeen.
  • "Oh, Mrs. Aberdeen, I never saw you: I am so glad to see you--I am so very glad." Mrs. Aberdeen was cold.
  • Elizabeth Blackwell was the daughter of a stocking merchant in Aberdeen, where she was born about the beginning of last century.
  • Scottish Terriers frequently go by the name of Aberdeen Terriers--an appellation, it is true, usually heard only from the lips of people who do not know much about them.
  • He made tea on the hearth-rug and ate the biscuits which Mrs. Aberdeen had brought for him up from Anderson's. "Gentlemen," she said, "must learn to give and take." He sighed again and again, like one who had escaped from danger.