Aberdeen

(ab-er-deen',) a city and seaport of Scotland, C. of Aberdeen shire, is situated at the mouth of the river Dee, 108 m. N.N.E. of Edinburgh. Manuf. Cottons, linens, and woollens; extensive iron-works, and shipbuilding yards. Pop. 73,805.- Old Aberdeen, 1 m. distant, contains King's College, founded in 1494. -In Mi i ippi, a flourishing town, cap. of Monroe co., on the Tom big bee River, 165 m. N.E. of Jackson; pop. 2,022. [s. 3]