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語源

By proprialization of oak +‎ -land, as likewise with Oakwood from oakwood.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈoʊklənd/
• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈəʊklənd/

固有名詞

Oakland

1. A township in Ontario, Canada.
2. A number of places in the United States, including:
   1. The eighth-largest city in California, and the county seat of Alameda County.
      • 2017 July 5, Alana Semuels, “From 'Not in My Backyard' to 'Yes in My Backyard'”, in The Atlantic‎, archived from the original on 17 August 2017:

        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.

      • 2022, Namwali Serpell, The Furrows, Hogarth, page 178:

        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.

      • 2025 May 30, Mark Sternfield, “Trump administration targets California ‘sanctuary’ cities, counties”, in KTLA‎:

        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).

   2. A minor city in East Oakland Township, Coles County, Illinois.
   3. A town, the county seat of Garrett County, Maryland.
   4. A city in Douglas County, Oregon.

同意語

• (informal) Oaktown
• (pejorative) Wokeland

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参考

• Oaklands