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Oxforth

Oxforth is the obsolete form of Oxford.

Meaning of Oxford

Proper noun

Oxford

  1. A city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, famous for its university.
    • Earlier this month a technical glitch involving LTN data resulted in dozens of roads in Oxford incorrectly appearing as closed on satellite navigation devices.2021 June 19, “Hundreds protest over Oxford Low Traffic Neighbourhoods”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2021
  2. An English habitational surname derived from the city in England.
  3. A hamlet in Ancroft parish, Northumberland (OS grid ref NU0046).
  4. An outer suburb of Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ8753).
  5. A city in Calhoun County, Talladega County and Cleburne County, Alabama.
    • Candace Rivers’ involvement with trucking began, fittingly, on Interstate 20 not far from her hometown of Oxford, Alabama.2021 April 10, AJ Willingham, “Female truckers have become TikTok influencers, and they’re changing the transportation game”, in CNN
  6. A minor city in Izard County, Arkansas.

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Questions about Oxforth

What is Oxforth the obsolete form of?
Oxforth is the obsolete form of Oxford.

Words near Oxforth in the dictionary

  1. Oxfordism
  2. Oxfordist
  3. Oxfordists
  4. oxfords
  5. Oxfordshire
  6. Oxforth
  7. oxgall
  8. oxgalls
  9. oxgang
  10. oxgangs
  11. oxgate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Oxforth (page history and authors); Oxford (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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