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oxford
English
<dab!>
thumb|Bridge of Sighs, City of Oxford, England
thumb|The hamlet of Oxford, Northumberland
thumb|Oxford, Iowa
thumb|A double-decker in Oxford, Mississippi
thumb|Ogden Street, Oxford, Nebraska
thumb|Main Street, Oxford, New Zealand
Alternative forms
en Oxeford Oxforth Oxenford Oxenforth EME
Etymology
From en enm Oxenford, enm Oxneford, from en ang Oxnaford Oxford oxen's ford, equivalent to en ox ford. Compare non Öxnafurða.
Pronunciation
ŏks'fəd RP, en /ˈɒksfəd/, en dated 1 en /ˈɔːksfəd/
en En-uk-Oxford.ogg UK
äks'fərd GA,Canada, en /ˈɑksfɚd/
en en-ca-Oxford.opus CA
en oxford
Proper noun
en city/and/lgdist in co/Oxfordshire cc/England famous for its university.
en Hundreds protest over Oxford Low Traffic Neighbourhoods w:BBC News 2021-06-19 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-57540583 Earlier this month a technical glitch involving LTN data resulted in dozens of roads in Oxford incorrectly appearing as closed on satellite navigation devices. https://web.archive.org/web/20210630162409/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-57540583
en w:University of Oxford.
en English habitational derived from the city in England.
en Other places in <<cc/England>>:
en hamlet par/Ancroft co/Northumberland OS grid ref NU0046.
en outer suburb town/Tunstall city/Stoke-on-Trent co/Staffordshire OS grid ref SJ8753.
en number of places c/USA:
en city co/Calhoun County co/Talladega County and co/Cleburne County s/Alabama.
en AJ Willingham Female truckers have become TikTok influencers, and they’re changing the transportation game w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/10/us/truckers-women-tiktok-social-media-trnd 2021-04-10 Candace Rivers’ involvement with trucking began, fittingly, on Interstate 20 not far from her hometown of Oxford, Alabama. https://web.archive.org/web/20260424161721/https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/10/us/truckers-women-tiktok-social-media-trnd/ 24 April 2026
en minor city co/Izard County s/Arkansas.
en ucomm co/La Plata County s/Colorado.
en town co/New Haven County s/Connecticut ; named for the city in England. TopoZone: Oxford, Connecticut
en ucomm co/Sumter County s/Florida.
en city co/Newton County s/Georgia ; named for the university.
en former city co/Franklin County s/Idaho, disincorporated in 2024.
en town twp:Suf/Oak Grove co/Benton County s/Indiana.
en minor city/and/twp co/Johnson County s/Iowa ; named for its township, itself named for the town in New York.
en city co/Sumner County s/Kansas.
en ucomm co/Scott County s/Kentucky.
en town/and/CDP therein, in co/Oxford County s/Maine ; named for the city in England.
en town co/Talbot County s/Maryland.
en town/and/CDP therein, in co/Worcester County s/Massachusetts.
en twp/and/village therein, in co/Oakland County s/Michigan.
en city/county seat co/Lafayette County s/Mississippi ; named for the city in England.
en village co/Furnas County and co/Harlan County s/Nebraska.
en twp/and/CDP therein, in co/Warren County s/New Jersey.
en town/and/village therein, in co/Chenango County s/New York ; named for the town in Massachusetts. TopoZone: Oxford, New York
en town/county seat co/Granville County s/North Carolina.
en city co/Butler County s/Ohio.
en bor in co/Chester County s/Pennsylvania.
en ucomm co/Doddridge County s/West Virginia.
en town/and/village therein, in co/Marquette County s/Wisconsin.
en A number of other <<townships>>, listed under Oxford Township.
en settlement on island/Saint Croix in the territory/U.S. Virgin Islands.
en place c/Canada:
en neighbourhood of city/Edmonton p/Alberta.
en town co/Cumberland County p/Nova Scotia.
en Head of the Tide historical
en town dist/Waimakariri r/Canterbury c/New Zealand. NZ Topo Map
en rural locality in r:Suf/Isaac s/Queensland c/Australia.
Derived terms
en Camford Oxfordesque Oxfordian Oxfordish Oxfordism Oxfordist Lower Oxford New Oxford Oxbridge Oxford comma Oxford County Oxford Falls Oxford glasses Oxford Grouper Oxford ivy Oxford philosophy Oxford pillowcase Oxfordshire Oxford ragwort Oxford shoe
Translations
city
Abkhaz: ab Оқсфорд
Albanian: sq Oksford
Amharic: am ኦክስፎርድ
Arabic: ar أُكْسْفُورْد m
Egyptian Arabic: arz اوكسفورد ōksfōrd
Armenian: hy Օքսֆորդ
Azerbaijani: az Oksford
Basque: eu Oxford
Belarusian: be Оксфард
Bengali: bn অক্সফোর্ড
Breton: br Redec'hen
Bulgarian: bg О́ксфорд m
Burmese: my အောက်စ်ဖို့, my အောက်စ်ဖို့ဒ်
Catalan: ca Oxford
Chechen: ce Оксфорд
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 牛津
Mandarin: cmn 牛津 Niújīn
Cornish: kw Rysoghen
Czech: cs Oxford m
Danish: da Oxford c
Dutch: nl Oxford, nl Ossenvoord m
Esperanto: eo Oksfordo
Estonian: et Oxford
Finnish: fi Oxford
French: fr Oxford
Galician: gl Oxford f
Georgian: ka ოქსფორდი
German: de Oxford, de Ochsenfurt
Greek: el Οξφόρδη
Ancient Greek: grc Ὀξωνία f, grc Ὀξώνιον n
Hebrew: he אוקספורד
Hindi: hi ऑक्सफ़ोर्ड
Hungarian: hu Oxford
Icelandic: is Öxnafurða
Irish: ga Áth na nDamh
Italian: it Oxford f, it Osfordia f
Japanese: ja オックスフォード Okkusufōdo
Kannada: kn ಆಕ್ಸ್ಫರ್ಡ್
Karakalpak: kaa Oksford
Kazakh: kk Оксфорд
Korean: ko ^옥스포드
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb ئۆکسفۆڕد
Kyrgyz: ky Оксфорд
Lao: lo ອັອກຟອດ
Latin: la Oxfordia, la Oxōnia, la Oxōnium
Latvian: lv Oksforda f
Lithuanian: lt Oksfordas m
Lü: khb ᦀᦸᧅᦝᦸᧆ
Macedonian: mk Оксфорд m
Manx: gv Aah yn Ollee f
Marathi: mr ऑक्सफर्ड
Mazanderani: mzn آکسفورد
Middle English: enm Oxenford
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Oxford m
Nynorsk: nn Oxford m
Old English: ang Oxnaford
Persian: fa آکسفورد
Polish: pl Oksford m, pl Oxford m
Portuguese: pt Oxford f, pt Oxónia f Portugal, pt Oxônia Brazil
Punjabi: pa ਆਕਸਫ਼ੋਰਡ
Romanian: ro Oxford n
Russian: ru О́ксфорд m
Scottish Gaelic: gd Àth nan Damh
Serbo-Croatian: sh Оксфорд, sh Oxford
Shan: shn ဢွၵ်ၾွတ်
Sinhalese: si ඔක්ස්ෆෝර්ඩ්
Slovak: sk Oxford m
Slovene: sl Oxford m
Spanish: es Oxford
Swedish: sv Oxford c
Tajik: tg Оксфорд
Tamil: ta ஆக்சுபோர்டு
Tatar: tt Оксфорд
Telugu: te ఆక్స్ఫర్డ్
Thai: th อ็อกฟอร์ด ókfôt
Northern Thai: nod ᩋᩬᩢᨠᨼᩬᨯ
Turkish: tr Oxford
Ukrainian: uk Оксфорд m
Urdu: ur آکسفورڈ āksforḍ
Uyghur: ug Oksford
Veps: vep Oksford
Welsh: cy Rhydychen f
Yiddish: yi אָקספֿאָרד
Noun
thumb|An Oxford shoe
~
en shoe A variety of shoe, typically made of heavy leather.
en oxford
en balmoral Oxford shoe
en 1908 w:O. Henry s: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."
en usually attributive A type of basket weave cotton fabric used for clothing.
en oxford
en 1887 Harriet W. Daly Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia 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.
en now chiefly Australian now rare en Oxford scholar.
A dictionary published by Oxford University Press, especially the Oxford English Dictionary.
en Oxford shirt.
en oxford
en 1986 In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology Joseph Beam Weekend Plans Craig G. Harris 135 slid his pants off, revealing glimpses of red cotton bikinis covered by the tail of his white oxford.
en UK en Oxford marmalade.
Derived terms
en saddle oxford
Translations
type of shoe Oxford shoe
dictionary
Bulgarian: bg О́ксфордски речник m
Finnish: fi Oxfordin sanakirja
Marathi: mr ऑक्सफर्ड m
References
Oxford n. and adj. 135568 yes September 2022
en Dictionaries Footwear Textiles
Catalan
Pronunciation
ca unclear the pronunciation of the stressed vowel: /o/ or /ɔ/
Proper noun
m
ca city cc/England Oxford
Finnish
Etymology
From fi en Oxford.
Pronunciation
oksford
Proper noun
Oxford any of the various localities or the Oxford University
fi Tyttäreni opiskelee Oxfordissa. My daughter is studying in Oxford.
Declension
0 Oxford a sg
Derived terms
fi oxfordilainen
German
Pronunciation
de /ˈɔksfɔrt/ [ˈʔɔks.fɔɐ̯t] less often /ˈɔksfərt/ [ˈʔɔks.fɐt]
de De-Oxford.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym
de city cc/England Oxford
de Universität Oxford Oxford University
en Oxford (any of various other places)
Derived terms
de Oxforder Oxfordianer oxfordianisch oxfordisch
Polish
pl:
thumb|Oxford
Etymology
pl :ubor en:Oxford<ety:uder<enm:Oxenford, Oxneford<ety:uder<ang:Oxnaford>>>> 3 1
Pronunciation
LL-Q809 (pol)-Jest Spoczko-Oxford.wav oksford,Oksford,oxford
Proper noun
m-in
pl city county/Oxfordshire cc/England Oxford
pl Oksford
pl w:pl:Uniwersytet Oksfordzki
pl Oksford
pl number of other places c/UK Oxford
pl Oksford
pl number of other places c/US Oxford
pl Oksford
Declension
<m.inan.sg>
Further reading
pl Universities
pl exonyms
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :ubor en:Oxford + 1
Pronunciation
Óx:fórde
Proper noun
pt city cc/England Oxford
pt Oxónia Oxônia
en Oxford university