Oxford

See also: oxford

English

Etymology

From Middle English Oxenford, Oxneford, from Old English Oxnaford (“Oxford”, literally “oxen 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/

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

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Proper noun

Oxford

1. A city in England famous for its university.
2. Oxford University.
3. A city in Alabama.
4. A city in Arkansas.
5. A town in Connecticut.
6. An unincorporated community in Florida.
7. A city in Georgia in the United States.
8. A city in Idaho.
9. A town in Indiana.
10. A city in Iowa.
11. A city in Kansas.
12. An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
13. A town in Oxford County, Maine.
14. A town in Maryland.
15. A town in Massachusetts.
16. A village in Michigan.
17. A university city in Mississippi, and the county seat of Lafayette County.
18. A village in Nebraska.
19. A town in New York.
20. A town in Canterbury, New Zealand.
21. A town in North Carolina, and the county seat of Granville County.
22. A town in Nova Scotia.
23. A city in Ohio.
24. A borough in Pennsylvania.
25. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
26. A town in Wisconsin.

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

• 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 (okspordi)
• German: Oxford (de), Ochsenfurt (de)
• Greek: Οξφόρδη (el) (Oxfórdi)
• 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 (Óksford)
• 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
• 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: оксфордские (oksfordskije) туфли (tufli) (óksfordskije túfli)pl

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