Oakland

English

Etymology

oak +‎ land

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊklənd/

Proper noun

Oakland

The eighth-largest city in California, United States, and the county seat of Alameda County.
- 2022, Namwali Serpell, The Furrows, Hogarth, page 178:
  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.
A township in Ontario, Canada.
A town, the county seat of Garrett County, Maryland, United States.
A city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States.

Synonyms

(informal) Oaktown

Derived terms

Oakland County

Translations

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

Arabic: أُوكْلَانْد m (ʔūklānd)
Armenian: Օքլենդ (Ōkʻlend)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 奧克蘭／奥克兰 (zh) (Àokèlán), 屋崙／屋仑 (Wūlún)
Dutch: Oakland n
French: Oakland (fr) m
Greek: Όκλαντ (el) n (Óklant), Όουκλαντ n (Óouklant)
Japanese: オークランド (Ōkurando)
Khmer: អូកឡិន (ʼouklən)
Latin: Quercupolis f
Marathi: ओकलंड (oklaṇḍa)

See also

Oaklands

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Oakland.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /o.klɑ̃d/
Homophone: Auckland

Proper noun

Oakland m

Oakland (a city in the United States)

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