Oakland

English

Etymology

From oak +‎ land.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Oakland

1. 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.

2. A township in Ontario, Canada.
3. A town, the county seat of Garrett County, Maryland, United States.
4. A city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States.

Synonyms

• (informal) Oaktown
• (pejorative) Wokeland

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 (ja) (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

1. Oakland (a city in the United States)