The story
- Pictish · derived from*ᚐᚁᚓᚏ“confluence”
- English todayAberdeen
The first is from Pictish *ᚐᚁᚓᚏ (aber, “confluence”). 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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.