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Scottish North Sea city
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aberdeen
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Aberdeen was a burgh constituency that elected one commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland and to the Convention of Estates . After the Acts of Union 1707 , Aberdeen, Arbroath , Brechin , Inverbervie and Montrose formed the Aberdeen district of burghs ...
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Population (2000): 13842 Housing Units (2000): 5894 Land area (2000): 6.389850 sq. miles (16.549636 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6.389850 sq. miles (16.549636 sq. km) FIPS code: 00125 Located within: ...
Usage examples of aberdeen.
Being deep in Aberdeen territory, they had not wanted to be slowed down by herding the beef back to their town but had butchered them on the spot and packed the choice portions of the carcasses on their extra animals.
It was too far back to Aberdeen to expect to be able to ride for assistance, enough assistance that the raiders, girl and all, might be captured without bloodshed.
Two days before this, the ship from the sky arrived, landing between Aberdeen and Dumbarton.
The four strangers were seated together in positions of honor in the circle of the eight sachems of the Aberdeen Phylum.
He was welcoming the outworlders, tendering them the hospitality of Aberdeen as travelers in a strange land.
Evidently, somewhere near Aberdeen there is at least one mine from which platinum is extracted.
In return, we will immediately have shipped to Caledonia, and to your town of Aberdeen, enough repeating rifles and submachine guns to arm each of your clannsmen.
Besides, John suspected that all this was but a diversion, whilst other Thompsons rounded up as many of the Aberdeen animals as they could before the main body of the defenders came up.
Almost the entire population of Aberdeen had been at the muster to gape at the visitors from Beyond.
They knew themselves outnumbered, representing but one clann, whilst in Aberdeen there were a full eight.
On wearied horses, the Aberdeen clannsmen would have their work cut out catching up with all the raiders.
Clann Thompson were escaping, heading in all directions as the Aberdeen clannsmen attempted to catch horses, saddle them and get on with the pursuit.
The Hawks, Clarks, Fieldings and other defenders of Aberdeen scrambled up bareback in excited attempt to pursue the thieves.
The raiders were scattering, but in order to return to their own town, they must sooner or later head toward it, after they had eluded the Aberdeen pursuit.
Any of the Aberdeen clannsmen who saw him must have thought him either daft or a slink, for there were no enemies, herding their booty, going in this direction.