oakland
/ˈoʊklənd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "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)."
- "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."
- "Simon Oakland, a character actor who appeared in dozens of plays, films and television shows, died at his home here on Monday."
- "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.”"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈoʊklənd/
- British English: /ˈəʊklənd/