Oakland

[ ohk-luhnd ]

noun

1. a seaport in W California, on San Francisco Bay.
2. a town in NE New Jersey.

Oakland

/ ˈəʊklənd /

noun

1. a port and industrial centre in W California, on San Francisco Bay; damaged by earthquake in 1989. Pop: 398 844 (2003 est)

Oakland

1. City in northern California on the east side of San Francisco Bay .

Example Sentences

In addition to the Long Beach ordinance, one in Oakland would offer a bonus of $5 an hour, applicable to employees at stores larger than 15 thousand square feet owned by companies with at least 500 employees nationally.

From Eater

Horn Barbecue is the chef’s highly anticipated pop-up-turned-permanent restaurant“At Horn Barbecue, we have the opportunity to create something where we’re not specifically stuck with one tradition,” says Oakland pitmaster Matt Horn.

From Eater

The tendency to underreport is why Iona Cheng thinks her community in Oakland has become a target.

From Washington Post

I agreed, and on my drive across the bridge from San Francisco back to Oakland, as the sun slipped into the water, I thought about the menu.

From Eater

Some airports, including in Oakland, San Francisco and New York, already have facilities on-site to test people in person.

From Washington Post

Eva Silverman, who co-hosts an Oakland Dinner Party, agrees.

From The Daily Beast

Before his writing days, London used the Oakland establishment to conduct his studies.

From The Daily Beast

Heinold's First and Last Chance, Oakland (Jack London, Taft) You can thank Johnny Heinold for your favorite Jack London book.

From The Daily Beast

In Psycho a psychiatrist (the young Simon Oakland) tells us in clinical terms what we've seen.

From The Daily Beast

For example, between 2004 and 2008, Oakland police officers shot and killed 37 people, all black.

From The Daily Beast

I intended to meet you at Oakland and take you directly up to Lumalitas, where everything was to have been in gala array.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Moore died in 1904 at Oakland, California, where she had gone with the hope of benefiting her health.

From Project Gutenberg

This he continued to own and edit until 1898, when he removed to Oakland, California.

From Project Gutenberg

The father is still a resident of Oakland, Oregon, but the mother has passed away.

From Project Gutenberg

Across the bay on the eastern shore is Oakland, third city on the coast, with its 175,000 people.

From Project Gutenberg