Oakland
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- proper noun
- /ˈoʊklənd/
- You should have gone to the Oakland police and let them handle it.
- Oakland, California
- Oakland, CA
- Oakland, Calif.
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Watch on YouTubeAnd when cocaine and crack hit Oakland, CA, it destroyed it.
- And when cocaine and crack hit Oakland, CA, it destroyed it.
- In and Out Burger is leaving Oakland, CA Why?
- I grew up poor in Oakland, spent time on government assistance.
- gangs in Los Angeles and Oakland and Chicago.
- And that's what lands me in Oakland for three years.
- Why is a city like Oakland allowed to have a football team?
- He says this is Special Special Agent so and so from the Oakland office of the FBI.
- He and I found out he actually came down from Oakland to LA on a bus.
- Hello I'm Imani Alice Dhawan and I'm from Oakland, CA.
- So if there's somebody says, why don't you come over to Oakland and and we'll hang out?
- Because I, I never thought that I would leave Oakland.
- Yeah, they I'm pretty sure it's the old Raiders stadium in Oakland.
- So thank you guys so much and Oakland we out peace.
- She got me downtown Oakland by myself.
Examples
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The man spoke no English, but he had cousins in Oakland, California, near San Francisco.
Fiction book (1990) -
For years, Charles worked down at the Port of Oakland before they shut everything down.
Fiction book (1996) -
Why is a city like Oakland allowed to have a football team?
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Los Angeles, Seattle, and Oakland are major ports of the West Coast.
Academic text (2008) -
Other parts of Berkeley and nearby Oakland are also worth wandering.
Academic text (2008) -
And that's what lands me in Oakland for three years.
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Bunce had a great series of meetings this week with the institutional investors from Oakland about their retirement fund.
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Oakland is a vibrant city in Oakland, California, known for its rich cultural scene and diverse communities.
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The annual festival in Oakland attracts visitors from all over the Bay Area with its music and food.
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Many technology companies have established their offices in Oakland due to its proximity to San Francisco.
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Etymology
The word Oakland comes from the English words oak and land, meaning 'land of oaks'. Early settlers named the area for the many oak trees, so the city's name reminds us it began as a place with oak trees.