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Oakland en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈəʊklənd/ (UK)
  • /ˈoʊklənd/ (General-American)

Etymology

By proprialization of oak + -land, as likewise with Oakwood from oakwood.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A township in Ontario, Canada.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States, including: ▸ The eighth-largest city in California, and the county seat of Alameda County.
    • There’s a YIMBY group in Somerville, Massachusetts, and one in Los Angeles; there’s a San Francisco YIMBY party and a YIMBY group in Portland. YIMBYtown, a national conference, will take place in Oakland this month; Helsinki is hosting Yimbycon in August. 2017 July 5, Alana Semuels, “From 'Not in My Backyard' to 'Yes in My Backyard'”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2017:
    • The California counties include Alameda, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Bernardino, Ventura and others. Cities include Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco, San Diego, San Jose, Long Beach, Malibu, Culver City and Huntington Beach (see the full list below). 2025 May 30, Mark Sternfield, “Trump administration targets California ‘sanctuary’ cities, counties”, in KTLA, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2025:
    • We climb up and up into the Oakland hills, high enough we can see them spreading below, strung with roads, crusted with houses, fringed with trees. 2022, Namwali Serpell, The Furrows, Hogarth, page 178:
  3. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States, including: ▸ A minor city in East Oakland Township, Coles County, Illinois.
  4. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States, including: ▸ A town in Kennebec County, Maine.
  5. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States, including: ▸ A town, the county seat of Garrett County, Maryland.
  6. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States, including: ▸ A township and unincorporated community therein, in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
  7. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States, including: ▸ A township in Mahnomen County, Minnesota.
  8. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States, including: ▸ A borough in Bergen County, New Jersey.
  9. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States, including: ▸ An unincorporated community in Alloway Township, Salem County, New Jersey
  10. (countable, uncountable) A number of places in the United States, including: ▸ A city in Douglas County, Oregon.
  11. (countable, uncountable) A surname.
    • Ben Oakland, a songwriter whose work included “I’ll Take Romance” and scores for more than 300 motion pictures, died of cancer Sunday in the University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center. 1979 August 30, “Ben Oakland, Wrote Scores for 300 Movies”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
    • Simon Oakland, a character actor who appeared in dozens of plays, films and television shows, died at his home here on Monday. 1983 September 1, AP [Associated Press], “Simon Oakland, 61, Actor Who Starred in 3 TV Series, Dies”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015:
    • Prof. William H. Oakland, who advised Mr. Crippen on his doctoral dissertation, described him as “a low-key but tenacious guy” and said he was “one of my favorite students in 35 years of teaching.” 1999 January 14, Robert Pear, “Ex-Aide to Reagan Will Head the Congressional Budget Office”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015:
  12. (countable, uncountable) A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
    • According to police, Murphy's girlfriend, who suffers from cerebral palsy, told them that the man was staying with her and her two sons at the American Inn motel in Council Bluffs when on Friday morning he became angry at her two-year-old, Oakland Oburu, for snatching away his phone. 2019 March 19, Associated Press, Snejana Farberov, “Iowa man is charged with murder for allegedly SITTING ON and killing his girlfriend's two-year-old son because the toddler took his cellphone”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Jul 2026:
    • Dan O'Toole's 'missing' one-month-old daughter Oakland has been confirmed to be safe with her mom hours after the Canadian sports TV host released a shocking Instagram post saying she had been kidnapped. 2020 July 2, Rachel Sharp, “TSN Sports Centre host Dan O'Toole's one-month-old daughter Oakland is found safe with her mom just hours after he said she was 'kidnapped'”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Jul 2026:
    • Ms Naughton, who is seven weeks pregnant, said she was happy to share the special day with their two-year-old son Oakland 2017 July 7, Cindy Tran, “Woman, 28, and her pregnant bride, 31, become first same-sex Australian couple to get 'married' in new 'legally-binding unity'”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Jul 2026:

Forms

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Oaklands Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Oaklen · Ookland · Oaklyn · Oaklander · Oakland County · Oakland Park · East Oakland

Relateds

Oaklands · Oakley · Oakwood

Synonyms

Wokeland · Oaktown

Translations (13)

fr Oakland (the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California) · el Όουκλαντ (the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California) · mi Ōkerana (the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California) · el Όκλαντ (the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California) · hy Օքլենդ (the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California) · cmn 屋崙 /屋仑 (the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California) · la Quercupolis (the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California) · cmn 奧克蘭 /奥克兰 (the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California) · ja オークランド (the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California) · mr ओकलंड (the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California) · nl Oakland (the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California) · ar أُوكْلَانْد (the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California) · km អូកឡិន (the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California)