oakwood
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oakwood¹
Where it comes from
From Old English āc wudu; equivalent to oak + wood.
noun oakwoods · oak wood
- A wood populated with oak trees. He says moreover the Earl of Galloway had an oakwood of three miles extent along the Cree, whence a great part of Wigtonshire is supplied with timber[…]
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The wood of an oak tree.
Then I ran into the wilderness again of Wolf Creek, and spent 25 cents of the last little money I had in buying a can of salmon, which I devoured sitting on a log in the forest, and came at night to Grave Creek, and split a pile of oakwood, getting a good supper thereby and a long talk with the hire
Similar: oak[Appendix:Glossary
Oakwood²
Where it comes from
By proprialization from oakwood, as likewise with Oakland from oak + -land.
proper noun
- A neighbourhood of Birchwood, Warrington borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ6591).
- A suburb and housing estate in Derby, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3838).
- A suburb in the borough of Enfield, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2995).
- A small village in Sandhoe parish and Acomb parish (West Oakwood), Northumberland (OS grid ref NY9565).
- A suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3336).
- A hamlet south-east of Coupar Angus, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO2537).
- A locality in the Inverell council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
- A rural locality in Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.
- A community in Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.
- A neighbourhood of Venice, Los Angeles, California.
- A city in Hall County, Georgia.
- A village and township in Vermilion County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in LaPorte County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Steuben County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Cecil County, Maryland.
- A village in Clay County, Missouri.
- A neighbourhood of Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri.
- A neighbourhood on Staten Island, New York City, New York.
- A neighbourhood of Raleigh, North Carolina; in full, Historic Oakwood.
- A village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
- A city in Montgomery County, Ohio, a suburb of Dayton.
- A village in Paulding County, Ohio.
- A minor town in Dewey County, Oklahoma.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.
- A neighbourhood in west Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- A town in Leon County and Freestone County, Texas.
- A former unincorporated community in Oak Creek, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.
- An unincorporated community in Algoma, Winnebago County, Wisconsin.
Translations
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noun wood populated with oaks
| Español | robledal, robleda, robledo, roblería |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 橡樹林 /橡树林 xiàngshù lín, 櫟樹林 /栎树林 lìshù lín |
| Português | carvalhal, carvalheira |
| Français | chênaie, rouvraie |
| Deutsch | Eichenwald, Eichenhain, Eichwald |
| Italiano | querceto, rovereto, querceta |
| Ελληνικά | δρυμός drymós |
| Română | stejăriș, stejăriște, stejeriște |
| Русский | дубня́к dubnják, дубра́ва dubráva, дубро́ва dubróva |
| Tiếng Việt | rừng sồi |
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