Oakland

From oak +‎ land.

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

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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.

   • 2025 May 30, Mark Sternfield, “Trump administration targets California ‘sanctuary’ cities, counties”, in KTLA‎^[1]:

     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.

• (informal) Oaktown
• (pejorative) Wokeland

• Oakland County
• Oakland Park

• Oaklands

Borrowed from English Oakland.

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

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1. Oakland (a city in the United States)