Oxford

See also: oxford

English

Etymology

From Middle English Oxenford, Oxneford, from Old English Oxnaford (“Oxford”, literally “oxen's ford”), equivalent to ox +‎ ford. Compare Old Norse Öxnafurða.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ŏks'fəd, IPA^(key): /ˈɒksfəd/
• (Received Pronunciation, dated) enPR: ôks'fəd, IPA^(key): /ˈɔːksfəd/

• Audio (UK)

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• (General American, Canada) enPR: äks'fərd, IPA^(key): /ˈɑksfɚd/

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Proper noun

Oxford

1. A city in Oxfordshire, England, famous for its university.
2. Oxford University.
3. An English habitational surname​ derived from the city in England.
4. A city, the county seat of Lafayette County, Mississippi; named for the city in England.
5. A city in Ohio.
6. A city in Alabama.
7. A town in Massachusetts.
8. A town in Connecticut; named for the city in England.
9. A town, the county seat of Granville County, North Carolina.
10. A borough of Pennsylvania.
11. A town in Maine; named for the city in England.
12. A town and village in New York; named for the town in Massachusetts.
13. A village in Michigan.
14. A neighborhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
15. A city in Georgia, United States; named for the university.
16. A town in Nova Scotia.
17. A town in Indiana.
18. A census-designated place in New Jersey.
19. A city in Kansas.
20. A city in Iowa; named for its township, itself named for the town in New York.
21. A village in Nebraska.
22. A city in Arkansas.
23. A town in Maryland.
24. A town and village in Wisconsin.
25. A city in Idaho.
26. A settlement on Saint Croix, in the United States Virgin Islands.
27. An unincorporated community in Colorado.
28. An unincorporated community in Florida.
29. An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
30. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
31. A town in Canterbury, New Zealand.

Derived terms

• Oxbridge
• Oxford comma
• Oxford County
• Oxfordshire
• Oxford shoe

 

Translations

city

• Abkhaz: Оқсфорд (Oksford)
• Albanian: Oksford
• Amharic: ኦክስፎርድ (ʾoksford)
• Arabic: أُكْسْفُورْد‎ m (ʾuksfūrd)

  Egyptian Arabic: اوكسفورد‎ (ōksfōrd)

• Armenian: Օքսֆորդ (Ōkʿsford)
• Azerbaijani: Oksford
• Belarusian: Оксфард (Óksfard)
• Bengali: অক্সফোর্ড (ôksphorḍ)
• Bulgarian: О́ксфорд m (Óksford)
• Chechen: Оксфорд (Oksford)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 牛津

  Mandarin: 牛津 (zh) (Niújīn)

• Cornish: Rysoghen
• Dutch: Oxford (nl), Ossenvoord m
• Esperanto: Oksfordo
• Finnish: Oxford (fi)
• French: Oxford (fr)
• Georgian: ოქსფორდი (ka) (okspordi)
• German: Oxford (de), Ochsenfurt (de)
• Greek: Οξφόρδη (el) (Oxfórdi)

  Ancient: Ὀξωνία f (Oxōnía)

• Hebrew: אוקספורד‎
• Hindi: ऑक्सफ़ोर्ड (ŏksaforḍ)
• Italian: Oxford (it)
• Japanese: オックスフォード (ja) (Okkusufōdo)
• Kannada: ಆಕ್ಸ್‌ಫರ್ಡ್ (āks‌pharḍ)
• Karakalpak: Oksford
• Kazakh: Оксфорд (Oksford)
• Korean: 옥스포드 (Okseupodeu)

• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئۆکسفۆڕد‎ (okisforrd)

• Kyrgyz: Оксфорд (Oksford)
• Latin: Oxfordia, Oxonia, Oxonium
• Latvian: Oksforda f
• Lithuanian: Oksfordas m
• Macedonian: Оксфорд m (Oksford)
• Manx: Aah yn Ollee f
• Marathi: ऑक्सफर्ड (ŏksapharḍ)
• Mazanderani: آکسفورد‎
• Old English: Oxnaford
• Persian: آکسفورد‎ (fa)
• Polish: Oksford (pl) m
• Portuguese: Oxford f, Oxónia f (Portugal), Oxônia (Brazil)
• Punjabi: ਆਕਸਫ਼ੋਰਡ (āksaforaḍ)
• Russian: О́ксфорд (ru) m (Óksford)
• Scottish Gaelic: Àth nan Damh
• Serbo-Croatian: Оксфорд
• Sinhalese: ඔක්ස්ෆෝර්ඩ් (oksfōrḍ)
• Spanish: Oxford
• Tajik: Оксфорд (Oksford)
• Tamil: ஆக்சுபோர்டு (ākcupōrṭu)
• Tatar: Оксфорд (Oqsford)
• Telugu: ఆక్స్‌ఫర్డ్ (āks‌pharḍ)
• Thai: อ็อกฟอร์ด (ókfôt)
• Turkish: Oxford
• Ukrainian: Оксфорд m (Oksford)
• Uyghur: Oksford
• Veps: Oksford
• Welsh: Rhydychen f
• Yiddish: אָקספֿאָרד‎ (oksford)

university

• Breton: Skol-veur Oxford
• Catalan: Universitat d'Oxford
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 牛津大學

  Mandarin: 牛津大學, 牛津大学 (Niújīn dàxué)

  Wu: 牛津大学

• Esperanto: Universitato de Oksfordo
• Finnish: Oxford (fi)
• French: l’université d’Oxford f
• Greek: Πανεπιστήμιο της Οξφόρδης (Panepistímio tis Oxfórdis)
• Interlingua: Universitate Oxonian
• Italian: l’università di Oxford f
• Japanese: オックスフォード大学 (Okkusufōdo daigaku)

• Lithuanian: Oksfordo universitetas
• Macedonian: О́ксфордски универзите́т m (Óksfordski univerzitét)
• Old English: Eormengyld Oxnafordes
• Portuguese: Universidade de Oxford f
• Russian: О́ксфордский университе́т m (Óksfordskij universitét)
• Somali: Jaamacadda Oxford
• Spanish: Universidad de Oxford f
• Swahili: Chuo Kikuu cha Oxford
• Tagalog: Unibersidad ng Oxford
• Thai: มหาวิทยาลัยอ๊อกซฟอร์ด
• Turkish: Oxford, Oxford Üniversitesi
• Welsh: Prifysgol Rhydychen
• Yoruba: Yunifásítì ìlú Oxford

Noun

Oxford (plural Oxfords)

An Oxford shoe

1. A variety of shoe, typically made of heavy leather.
   • 1908, O. Henry, A Tempered Wind

     We had to have a young lady assistant to help us work this graft; and I asked Buck if he knew of one to fill the bill.

     "One," says I, "that is cool and wise and strictly business from her pompadour to her Oxfords. No ex-toe-dancers or gum-chewers or crayon portrait canvassers for this."

2. (by ellipsis) An Oxford Dictionary.

Synonyms

• (shoe): balmoral

Translations

type of shoe

• Russian: ^{(please verify)} о́ксфордские ту́фли pl (óksfordskije túfli)

See also

• Cambridge

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Catalan

Proper noun

Oxford m

1. Oxford

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Oxford

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔk.sfɔrt/

Proper noun

Oxford m inan

1. Oxford

Declension

declension of Oxford

	singular
nominative	Oxford
genitive	Oxfordu
dative	Oxfordowi
accusative	Oxford
instrumental	Oxfordem
locative	Oxfordzie
vocative	Oxfordzie

Further reading

• Oxford in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Oxford.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔks.fɔʁd͡ʒ/

Proper noun

Oxford f

1. Oxford (a city in England)
2. Oxford (university)

Synonyms

• (city): Oxónia, Oxônia