Aberdeenshirenoun
/æb.əˈdiːn.ʃər//æb.ɚˈdiːn.ʃɚ/an area of northeastern Scotland that was a county until 1975 and is now a council area (= an area with its own local government):
The route around the northeast coast offers the best of Aberdeenshire and Moray, with rugged cliffs, empty beaches and historic fishing villages.
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- That area of Aberdeenshire has a long tradition of producing outstanding personalities.
- Norman Halkett, a farmer's son, was born in 1910 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire.
- In 1715 he landed at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, during the Jacobite rising.
- A committee of Aberdeenshire council rejected the scheme, which was strongly backed by local business but opposed by conservationists.
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- Aberdeen City
- AK
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- Alderney
- Anglesey
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- FL
- Flintshire
- Florida
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- New England
- New Englander
- New Hampshire
- New York
- the Midlands
- the Midwest
- the Sunbelt
- the West Coast
- the West Country
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