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Oak Forest

Oak Forest proper noun: a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States.

Proper noun

Oak Forest

  1. A city in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
  2. A large residential community in Houston, Texas, United States.

Origin of Oak Forest

Places so called are named after a forest of oaks (extant or aspirational) or an antecedent place of the same name.

Questions about Oak Forest

What does Oak Forest mean?
Oak Forest means a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
What part of speech is Oak Forest?
Oak Forest is a proper noun.

Words near Oak Forest in the dictionary

  1. Oak Cliff
  2. Oak Creek
  3. oak decline
  4. oak fern
  5. oak ferns
  6. Oak Forest
  7. oak gall
  8. oak galls
  9. Oak Glen
  10. Oak Grove
  11. Oak Harbor

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