Oakland

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Oakland

/ˈoʊklənd/ US
/ˈəʊklənd/ UK

Where it comes from

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

proper noun Oaklands

countable, uncountable A township in Ontario, Canada.
countable, uncountable 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.
Similar: Oaktown, Wokeland
countable, uncountable A minor city in East Oakland Township, Coles County, Illinois.
countable, uncountable A town in Kennebec County, Maine.
countable, uncountable A town, the county seat of Garrett County, Maryland.
countable, uncountable A township and unincorporated community therein, in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
countable, uncountable A township in Mahnomen County, Minnesota.
countable, uncountable A borough in Bergen County, New Jersey.
countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Alloway Township, Salem County, New Jersey
countable, uncountable A city in Douglas County, Oregon.
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.
countable, uncountable A unisex given name transferred from the surname. Ms Naughton, who is seven weeks pregnant, said she was happy to share the special day with their two-year-old son Oakland

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: kenwood, auckland, macomb, oakwood, woods, grove, copse, forest, woodland, bushland, sylva, bosquet, brushwood, thicket, timberland, wildwood

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name the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California

日本語	オークランド Ōkurando
中文	奧克蘭 /奥克兰 Àokèlán, 屋崙 /屋仑 Wūlún
Français	Oakland
Ελληνικά	Όκλαντ Óklant, Όουκλαντ Óouklant
العربية	أُوكْلَانْد ʔūklānd

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@misc{oakland_2026,
  title = {Oakland},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oakland},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}