Oldham

[ohl-duhm, ou-duhm]

noun

1. a city in Greater Manchester, in NW England.

Oldham

/ ˈəʊldəm /

noun

1. a town in NW England, in Oldham unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 103 544 (2001)

2. a unitary authority in NW England, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 218 100 (2003 est). Area: 141 sq km (54 sq miles)

Example Sentences

The first wave of £400m in funding will be invested in house building schemes such as Oldham's Prince's Gate development and Wigan's Cotton Works.

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Bilal Sadiq, 31, lives in Oldham but works in Prestwich in Bury and said he welcomed news that £6.8m would go towards creating new shops and a community hub there.

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Mr Sadiq said he would also like to see Rochdale and Oldham being economically boosted.

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Disagreeing with plain statutory text, statutory history, Supreme Court precedent, and the practice of many states, Judge Oldham’s opinion held that Mississippi violates federal law when it accepts ballots postmarked by Election Day that arrive within five days of the election.

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And Adam Unikowsky points out Oldham’s illogical form of argumentation.

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