Oakland

Proper noun

Oakland (countable and uncountable, plural Oaklands)

1. A township in Ontario, Canada.
2. The eighth-largest city in California, and the county seat of Alameda County.
   • 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.2017 July 5, Alana Semuels, “From 'Not in My Backyard' to 'Yes in My Backyard'”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2017
   • 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.2022, Namwali Serpell, The Furrows, Hogarth, page 178

   Synonyms:

   Oaktown, Wokeland

3. A minor city in East Oakland Township, Coles County, Illinois.
4. A town in Kennebec County, Maine.
5. A town, the county seat of Garrett County, Maryland.
6. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
7. A township in Mahnomen County, Minnesota.
8. A borough in Bergen County, New Jersey.
9. An unincorporated community in Alloway Township, Salem County, New Jersey
10. A city in Douglas County, Oregon.
11. A surname.
    • Ben Oakland, a songwriter whose work included “I’ll Take Romance” and scores for more than 300 motion pictures, died of cancer Sunday in the University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center.1979 August 30, “Ben Oakland, Wrote Scores for 300 Movies”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
    • Simon Oakland, a character actor who appeared in dozens of plays, films and television shows, died at his home here on Monday.1983 September 1, AP [Associated Press], “Simon Oakland, 61, Actor Who Starred in 3 TV Series, Dies”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from...
12. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
    • Ms Naughton, who is seven weeks pregnant, said she was happy to share the special day with their two-year-old son Oakland2017 July 7, Cindy Tran, “Woman, 28, and her pregnant bride, 31, become first same-sex Australian couple to get 'married' in new 'legally-binding unity'”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN...
    • According to police, Murphy's girlfriend, who suffers from cerebral palsy, told them that the man was staying with her and her two sons at the American Inn motel in Council Bluffs when on Friday morning he became angry at her two-year-old, Oakland Oburu, for snatching away his phone.2019 March 19, Associated Press, Snejana Farberov, “Iowa man is charged with murder for allegedly SITTING ON and killing his girlfriend's two-year-old son because the toddler took his cellphone”, in...