Etymology

Aberdour

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Today it means: A village in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT1985). Full definition →

Pictish *aber
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The story

  1. Pictish · derived from*aber“estuary”
  2. English todayAberdour

From Pictish *aber (“estuary”) + Dour, a river-name.

Words from the same roots

Pictish*aber all →

ArbroathAberlourInverbervie

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.