Oxon

[ ok-son, -suhn ]

/ ˈɒk sɒn, -sən /

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noun

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oxlip, Oxnard, Oxo, oxo acid, oxolinic acid, Oxon, Oxon Hill, Oxonian, oxonium compound, oxo process, oxpecker

Other definitions for Oxon (2 of 3)

Oxon.¹

abbreviation

Oxford.

Origin of Oxon.

From the Medieval Latin word Oxonia

Other definitions for Oxon (3 of 3)

Oxon.²

abbreviation

of Oxford.

Origin of Oxon.

From the Medieval Latin word Oxoniēnsis

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How to use Oxon in a sentence

Eala leof hlaford earle ic deorfe ic ga ut on dgrd ywende oxon to felda and iugie hig to syl.
The English Village Community|Frederic Seebohm
The best account we could find of him, is in the Athenæ Oxon.
The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753)|Theophilus Cibber
He resettled the see of Dorchester (Oxon), which had experienced some interruption in the succession of its bishops.
Essay on the Life and Institutions of Offa, King of Mercia, A.D. 755-794|Henry Mackenzie
In one of the several puerile letters, whose style affords conclusive testimony that he was not the author of the A.M. Oxon.
The Real Shelley, Vol. I (of 2)|John Cordy Jeaffreson

Kingston and Pembroke (Oxon) had their boats fitted with slides less than a week before the race.
Boating|W. B. Woodgate

British Dictionary definitions for Oxon (1 of 2)

Oxon

abbreviation for

Oxfordshire

Word Origin for Oxon

from Latin Oxonia

British Dictionary definitions for Oxon (2 of 2)

Oxon.

/ (ˈɒksən) /

abbreviation for

(in degree titles) of Oxford

Word Origin for Oxon.

from Latin Oxoniensis

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