Aberdeenshire

/ ˌæbəˈdiːnˌʃɪə; -ʃə /

noun

1. a council area and historical county of N Scotland, on the North Sea: became part of Grampian Region in 1975 but reinstated as an independent unitary authority (with adjusted borders) in 1996: rises to the Grampian and Cairngorm Mountains in the SW: chiefly agricultural (esp sheep and stock raising). Administrative centre: Aberdeen. Pop: 229 330 (2003 est). Area 6319 sq km (2439 sq miles)

Example Sentences

US President-elect Donald Trump will visit Scotland next year for the opening of a new golf course in Aberdeenshire, his son has confirmed.

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The Scottish Greens previously said Trump and his new golf course were "not welcome in Aberdeenshire", accusing him of being a climate-change denier with a "long history of lies and dodgy business dealings".

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The family of Hamish Grant, a firefighter killed when their appliance overturned en route to a farmhouse fire in Aberdeenshire in April 1965 and PC Edward Barnett, shot and killed in Glasgow in January 1970, are also among the recipients.

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Sandy, from Aberdeenshire, visited Australia five years ago with his partner, and never left.

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Born and raised in Aberdeenshire and Moray but living in Ukraine for the past 25 years, Derek has played a part in the movement of almost every convoy one way or another.

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