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Oakland

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Oak·land  (klnd)
A city of western California on San Francisco Bay opposite San Francisco. Founded on a site settled by Spanish colonists in 1820, it is a port and rail terminus connected with other communities in the Bay Area by bridge, tunnel, and rapid transit. Population: 397,000.
Oakland [ˈəʊklənd]
n
(Placename) a port and industrial centre in W California, on San Francisco Bay; damaged by earthquake in 1989. Pop.: 399 484 (2000)
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Noun1.OaklandOakland - a city in western California on San Francisco Bay opposite San Francisco; primarily and industrial urban center
Calif., California, Golden State, CA - a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes


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Fearing that a telephone message to arrest them had been flashed ahead, they had turned into the back-road through the hills, and now, rushing in upon Oakland by a new route, were boisterously discussing what disposition they should make of the constable.
Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context
We ran up the Oakland Estuary and came to anchor, and in the days that followed, while Neil was ashore, we tightened up the Reindeer's rigging, overhauled the ballast, scraped down, and put the sloop into thorough shape.
Tales of the Fish Patrol by London, Jack View in context
She has never seen Auburn, and during the weeks whose history as it shaped itself in my brain I have endeavored to relate, was living at her home in Oakland, wondering where her lover was and why he did not write.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
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