Oakland

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Oakland

1. The eighth-largest city in California, United States, and the county seat of Alameda County.
   • 2017 July 5, Alana Semuels, “From 'Not in My Backyard' to 'Yes in My Backyard'”, in The Atlantic‎^[1], archived from the original on 17 August 2017:

     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.

   • 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.

   • 2025 May 30, Mark Sternfield, “Trump administration targets California ‘sanctuary’ cities, counties”, in KTLA‎^[2]:

     The California counties include Alameda, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Bernardino, Ventura and others. Cities include Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco, San Diego, San Jose, Long Beach, Malibu, Culver City and Huntington Beach (see the full list below).

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
• Oaklander
• Oakland Park
• Ookland

Related terms

• Oakley (not to be confused)
• Oakwood

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
• Māori: Ōkerana
• 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)