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OAKLAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in western California on San Francisco Bay opposite San Francisco; primarily and industrial urban center
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
Holonyms ("Oakland" is a part of...):
CA; Calif.; California; Golden State (a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes)
Context examples:
He had debated between the Berkeley Free Library and the Oakland Free Library, and decided upon the latter because Ruth lived in Oakland.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
And finally, on the balance remaining to him, he herded the whole Silva tribe down into Oakland.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
He remembered, if he did not get it, that there was no way for him to go back to Oakland.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
His chief reason for submitting it to that publication was that, having only to travel across the bay from Oakland, a quick decision could be reached.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Also, he resumed his trips to the pawn-broker down in Oakland.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
"You ain't a-goin' to ride them seventy miles into Oakland on top of this?" Joe demanded, as they sat on the stairs and took a triumphant smoke.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Began in the Contra Costa in Oakland when I was eleven, shakin' out for the mangle.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
I've rented a little room out in North Oakland, retired neighborhood and all the rest, you know, and I've bought an oil-burner on which to cook.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
There aren't half a dozen individualists in Oakland, but Martin Eden is one of them.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
It was a novel experience to find himself head-lined, on the first page at that; and he was surprised to learn that he was the most notorious leader of the Oakland socialists.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
