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 Oxford (disambiguation) on Wikipedia

From Middle English Oxenford, Oxneford, from Old English Oxnaford (“Oxford”, literally “oxen's ford”), equivalent to ox +‎ ford. Compare Old Norse Öxnafurða.

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ŏks'fəd, IPA^(key): /ˈɒksfəd/
• (Received Pronunciation, dated) enPR: ôks'fəd, IPA^(key): /ˈɔːksfəd/

• Audio (UK):

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• (General American, Canada) enPR: äks'fərd, IPA^(key): /ˈɑksfɚd/

• Audio (Canada):

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• Homophone: oxford

Oxford

1. A city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, famous for its university.
2. Ellipsis of University of Oxford.
3. An English habitational surname derived from the city in England.
4. A number of other places in the United Kingdom:
   1. A hamlet in Northumberland.
   2. A district of Tunstall, Staffordshire.
5. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A city in Alabama.
   2. A city in Arkansas.
   3. An unincorporated community in Colorado.
   4. A town in Connecticut; named for the city in England.
   5. An unincorporated community in Florida.
   6. A city in Georgia, United States; named for the university.
   7. A city in Idaho.
   8. A town in Indiana.
   9. A city in Iowa; named for its township, itself named for the town in New York.
   10. A city in Kansas.
   11. An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
   12. A town in Maine; named for the city in England.
   13. A town in Maryland.
   14. A town in Massachusetts.
   15. A village in Michigan.
   16. A city, the county seat of Lafayette County, Mississippi; named for the city in England.
   17. A village in Furnas County and Harlan County, Nebraska.
   18. A census-designated place in New Jersey.
   19. A town and village in New York; named for the town in Massachusetts.
   20. A town, the county seat of Granville County, North Carolina.
   21. A city in Ohio.
   22. A borough of Pennsylvania.
   23. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
   24. A town and village in Wisconsin.
   25. A number of townships, listed under Oxford Township.
6. A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
7. A town in Nova Scotia.

   Synonym: Head of the Tide (historical)

8. A settlement on Saint Croix, in the United States Virgin Islands.
9. A town in Canterbury, New Zealand.

 

Oxford (plural Oxfords)

2. A variety of shoe, typically made of heavy leather.

   Synonyms: balmoral, Oxford shoe

   Alternative form: oxford

   • 1908, O. Henry, A Tempered Wind:

     We had to have a young lady assistant to help us work this graft; and I asked Buck if he knew of one to fill the bill.
     "One," says I, "that is cool and wise and strictly business from her pompadour to her Oxfords. No ex-toe-dancers or gum-chewers or crayon portrait canvassers for this."

3. (usually attributive) A type of basket weave cotton fabric used for clothing.

   Alternative form: oxford

   • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 148:

     I was amazed at the sight of such a medley of things. The newest shapes in straw hats were lying side by side with camp ovens and frying-pans, while flannel and Oxford shirts, together with wideawake felt hats, vests, collars, and ties, kept company with boxes of tea, bags of flour, and ready-tapped barrels of whiskey, rum, and gin.

4. (now chiefly Australia, now rare) Ellipsis of Oxford scholar.
5. A dictionary published by Oxford University Press, especially the Oxford English Dictionary.
6. Ellipsis of Oxford shirt.

   Alternative form: oxford

7. (UK) Ellipsis of Oxford marmalade.

• saddle oxford

• Cambridge

• “Oxford, n. and adj.”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2022.

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Oxford m

1. Oxford (a city in England)

From English Oxford.

• IPA^(key): /ˈoksford/, [ˈo̞ks̠fo̞rd]
• Rhymes: -oksford

Oxford

1. Oxford (any of the various localities or the Oxford University)

   Tyttäreni opiskelee Oxfordissa.

   My daughter is studying in Oxford.

 

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Oxford

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Unadapted borrowing from English Oxford, from Middle English Oxenford, Oxneford, from Old English Oxnaford.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔks.fɔrt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔksfɔrt
• Syllabification: Ox‧ford
• Homophones: oksford, Oksford, oxford

Oxford m inan

1. Oxford (a city in Oxfordshire, England)

   Synonym: Oksford

2. Ellipsis of Uniwersytet Oksfordzki.

   Synonym: Oksford

3. Oxford (a number of other places in the United Kingdom)

   Synonym: Oksford

4. Oxford (a number of other places in the United States)

   Synonym: Oksford

• Oxford in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from English Oxford.

Oxford

1. Oxford (a city in England)

   Synonyms: Oxónia, Oxônia

2. Oxford (university)