Aberdeenとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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.

発音

• (Scotland) IPA: /abəɹˈdin/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /æbəˈdiːn/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˌæb.ɚˈdin/, (some 米国発音 cities) /ˈæb.ɚˌdin/

固有名詞

Aberdeen

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

   Nickname: the Granite City

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 populated place 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 the Eastern Cape province, South Africa.
11. A town in the Muswellbrook council area and the Upper Hunter council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
12. A suburb of Devonport, in northern Tasmania, Australia.
13. An area and town in Southern district, Hong Kong.

    Synonyms: (obsolete) Hong Kong Tsai, Heung Kong Tsai, Little Hong Kong

    • 1985 October 27, Marcia Seligson, “HONG KONG, MADE TO ORDER”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015, Section 10, page 15‎:

      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.

    • 1997 May 4, Keith B. Richburg, “China to Buttress Hong Kong Police -- but to What End?”, in The Washington Post‎, sourced from Washington Post Foreign Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 August 1997, page A20‎:

      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.

    • 2015 December 15, Vivienne Zeng, “Infant’s body found floating near Aberdeen Typhoon Shelter”, in Hong Kong Free Press‎, archived from the original on 27 July 2025:

      The corpse of a newborn child was found in waters off the typhoon shelter in Aberdeen on Tuesday morning.

使用する際の注意点

• Definitions 7 and 16 use the US pronunciation.

派生語

• (port city in Scotland): Aberdeen cutlet, Aberdeen terrier
• Aberdeenshire
• (area and town in Hong Kong): Aberdeen Island, Aberdeen Channel
• Old Aberdeen

名詞

Aberdeen (plural Aberdeens)

1. (usually capitalized) A wide evenly curved fishhook.
2. (usually capitalized) Alternative form of Aberdeen terrier.

参照

Further reading

• “Aberdeen, prop.n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
• A. D. Mills (2003), A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press, →ISBN
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Aberdeen”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 5, column 3