Aber
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Aber can refer to several things:
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[edit] As a place-:):(name element
See: Aber and Inver as place-name elements
Aber comes from a Brythonic word meaning confluence or river mouth and appears in Welsh, Scottish and Breton place names. Standing alone, it is the popular short form of the following Welsh place names:
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- Aberystwyth University, sometimes colloquially known as "Aber"
- Aber Diamond, a Canadian diamond mining company.
- Aber is also the name of a company that makes photo-etched brass detailing sets for model military vehicles.
- Aber is the German word for "but".
- ABER is an abbreviation for abduction with external rotation, an important position of the arm for MR imaging of the shoulder
- ABER can also be an abbreviation for abercrombie