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Oakville

American  
[ohk-vil] / ˈoʊk vɪl /

noun

  1. a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, SW of Toronto, on Lake Ontario.


Oakville British  
/ ˈəʊkvɪl /

noun

  1. a city in SE Canada, in SE Ontario on Lake Ontario southwest of Toronto: motor-vehicle industry. Pop: 144 738 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Oakville Care Homes, which operates four homes across south Wales, employs more than 200 staff, 65% of whom are from overseas.

From BBC May 17, 2025

The company said it was now planning to start making a large electric sport-utility vehicle at its plant in Oakville, Ontario, in 2027, two years later than it had planned.

From New York Times Apr. 4, 2024

Selected first overall by the New York Islanders in 2009, the Oakville, Ontario, product is the 375th player in NHL history to play 1,000 games.

From Washington Times Jan. 29, 2023

In Oakville and Milton, two closer suburbs that are home to many finance professionals, they’ve dropped 14%.

From Seattle Times Oct. 20, 2022

On the other side of the Nueces is "Oakville," a45 miserable settlement, consisting of about twenty wooden huts.

From Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 by Arthur James Lyon Fremantle

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