Oakland

plural Oaklands

1. countableuncountableA township in Ontario, Canada.
2. A number of places in the United States, including:
   1. countableuncountableThe eighth-largest city in California, and the county seat of Alameda County.

      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

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      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

      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).

      2025 May 30, Mark Sternfield, “Trump administration targets California ‘sanctuary’ cities, counties”, in KTLA, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2025

      Synonyms: Oaktown, Wokeland

   2. countableuncountableA minor city in East Oakland Township, Coles County, Illinois.
   3. countableuncountableA town in Kennebec County, Maine.
   4. countableuncountableA town, the county seat of Garrett County, Maryland.
   5. countableuncountableA township and unincorporated community therein, in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
   6. countableuncountableA township in Mahnomen County, Minnesota.
   7. countableuncountableA borough in Bergen County, New Jersey.
   8. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Alloway Township, Salem County, New Jersey
   9. countableuncountableA city in Douglas County, Oregon.
3. countableuncountableA surname.

   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 the original on 24 May 2015

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   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

   Prof. William H. Oakland, who advised Mr. Crippen on his doctoral dissertation, described him as “a low-key but tenacious guy” and said he was “one of my favorite students in 35 years of teaching.”

   1999 January 14, Robert Pear, “Ex-Aide to Reagan Will Head the Congressional Budget Office”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015

4. countableuncountableA 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 Oakland

   2017 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, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Jul 2026

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   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 Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Jul 2026

   Dan O'Toole's 'missing' one-month-old daughter Oakland has been confirmed to be safe with her mom hours after the Canadian sports TV host released a shocking Instagram post saying she had been kidnapped.

   2020 July 2, Rachel Sharp, “TSN Sports Centre host Dan O'Toole's one-month-old daughter Oakland is found safe with her mom just hours after he said she was 'kidnapped'”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Jul 2026