Associations to the word «Oakland»

Wiktionary

OAKLAND, proper noun. The eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California.

Dictionary definition

OAKLAND, noun. A city in western California on San Francisco Bay opposite San Francisco; primarily and industrial urban center.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats