Oaklands

English Proper noun en town in the Riverina area of southern s/New South Wales c/Australia. en suburb city/Christchurch r/Canterbury c/New Zealand in the south-west of the city. NZ Topo Map en suburb city/Johannesburg p/Gauteng c/South Africa. en village par/Welwyn bor/Welwyn Hatfield co/Hertfordshire cc/England OS grid ref TL2417. en neighbourhood city/Victoria p/British Columbia p/Canada. Derived terms en Oaklands Junction Proper noun p 1 en American football informal historical The Oakland Raiders. 6 October 1970 William N. Wallace Unitas Long Pass No Hit With Coach https://www.nytimes.com/1970/10/06/archives/unit-as-long-pass-no-hit-with-coach.html In the wake of the Broncos’ triumph over the Chiefs, Coach Lou Saban said, “Get ready for Oakland. You’ve got to beat the Oaklands, the Kansas Citys, if you’re going to have a chance.” 17 January 1986 w:George Vecsey Sports of the Times: Super Bowl Fever https://web.archive.org/web/20150524191136/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/17/sports/sports-of-the-times-super-bowl-fever.html What really got me going was the Patriots beating the Oaklands out in Los Angeles, and how their 33-year-old general manager, Patrick Sullivan, yapped at the Raiders on the sidelines and earned himself a knock on the head from Matt Millen’s helmet. 1 August 2007 Larry Brooks Summer of ‘77 https://web.archive.org/web/20210226184115/https://nypost.com/2007/08/01/summer-of-77-26/ The Oaklands committed four errors and countless other mental miscues as the Yanks swept the three-game series. Proper noun en proper noun form en Oakland See also en Oakland References