name · noun · 30 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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name
Meaning 1
A number of places in England:
A neighbourhood of Birchwood, Warrington borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ6591).
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Meaning 2
A number of places in England:
A suburb and housing estate in Derby, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3838).
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Meaning 3
A number of places in England:
A suburb in the borough of Enfield, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ2995).
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Meaning 4
A number of places in England:
A small village in Sandhoe parish and Acomb parish (West Oakwood), Northumberland (OS grid ref NY9565).
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Meaning 5
A number of places in England:
A suburb of Leeds, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE3336).
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Meaning 6
A hamlet south-east of Coupar Angus, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO2537).
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Meaning 7
A locality in the Inverell council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
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Meaning 8
A rural locality in Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.
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Meaning 9
A community in Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada.
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Meaning 10
A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Venice, Los Angeles, California.
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Meaning 11
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Hall County, Georgia.
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Meaning 12
A number of places in the United States:
A village and township in Vermilion County, Illinois.
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Meaning 13
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in LaPorte County, Indiana.
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Meaning 14
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Steuben County, Indiana.
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Meaning 15
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Cecil County, Maryland.
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Meaning 16
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Clay County, Missouri.
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Meaning 17
A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri.
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Meaning 18
A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood on Staten Island, New York City, New York.
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Meaning 19
A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Raleigh, North Carolina; in full, Historic Oakwood.
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Meaning 20
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
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Meaning 21
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Montgomery County, Ohio, a suburb of Dayton.
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Meaning 22
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Paulding County, Ohio.
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Meaning 23
A number of places in the United States:
A minor town in Dewey County, Oklahoma.
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Meaning 24
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.
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Meaning 25
A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood in west Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Meaning 26
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Leon County and Freestone County, Texas.
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Meaning 27
A number of places in the United States:
A former unincorporated community in Oak Creek, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.
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Meaning 28
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Algoma, Winnebago County, Wisconsin.
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noun
Meaning 29
A wood populated with oak trees.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
She stood there for a moment, entirely alone in the dreaming oakwoods [...]
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noun
Meaning 30
The wood of the oak tree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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History
Etymology
By proprialization from oakwood, as likewise with Oakland from oak + -land.
From Old English āc wudu; equivalent to oak + wood.
Across languages
Translations
88 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
imshtë
— wood populated with oaks
Albanian:
imshte
— wood populated with oaks
Albanian:
ipshtë
— wood populated with oaks
Aragonese:
caxigar
— wood populated with oaks
Aragonese:
caxicar
— wood populated with oaks
Aragonese:
caixigosa
— wood populated with oaks
Aragonese:
caixigar
— wood populated with oaks
Armenian:
կաղնուտ
(kaġnut)
— wood populated with oaks
Asturian:
carbayéu
— wood populated with oaks
Asturian:
carbayal
— wood populated with oaks
Asturian:
carbayeda
— wood populated with oaks
Basque:
harizti
— wood populated with oaks
Belarusian:
дубро́ва
(dubróva)
— wood populated with oaks
Belarusian:
дубня́к
(dubnják)
— wood populated with oaks
Breton:
tannoed
— wood populated with oaks
Bulgarian:
дъбрава
(dǎbrava)
— wood populated with oaks
Catalan:
roureda
— wood populated with oaks
Chinese Mandarin:
橡樹林 /橡树林
(xiàng shùlín)
— wood populated with oaks
Chinese Mandarin:
櫟樹林 /栎树林
(lì shùlín)
— wood populated with oaks
Corsican:
quarcetu
— wood populated with oaks
Czech:
doubrava
— wood populated with oaks
Czech:
dubina
— wood populated with oaks
Czech:
doubravina
— wood populated with oaks
Old Czech:
dúbrava
— wood populated with oaks
Danish:
egeskov
— wood populated with oaks
Dutch:
eikenbos
— wood populated with oaks
Dutch:
eikenbosje
— wood populated with oaks
Finnish:
tammimetsä
— wood populated with oaks
Franco-Provençal:
chanai
— wood populated with oaks
French:
chênaie
— wood populated with oaks
French:
rouvraie
— wood populated with oaks
Galician:
carballeira
— wood populated with oaks
Galician:
carballal
— wood populated with oaks
Georgian:
მუხნარი
(muxnari)
— wood populated with oaks
German:
Eichenwald
— wood populated with oaks
German:
Eichenhain
— wood populated with oaks
German:
Eichwald
— wood populated with oaks
Greek:
δρυμός
(drymós)
— wood populated with oaks
Hungarian:
tölgyerdő
— wood populated with oaks
Hungarian:
tölgyes
— wood populated with oaks
Ido:
querkaro
— wood populated with oaks
Ido:
querkeyo
— wood populated with oaks
Ido:
querko-bosko
— wood populated with oaks
Irish:
doire
— wood populated with oaks
Italian:
querceto
— wood populated with oaks
Italian:
rovereto
— wood populated with oaks
Italian:
querceta
— wood populated with oaks
Latin:
querquētum
— wood populated with oaks
Latin:
quercētum
— wood populated with oaks
Latvian:
ozolu birzs
— wood populated with oaks
Latvian:
ozolu audze
— wood populated with oaks
Lithuanian:
ąžuolynas
— wood populated with oaks
Manx:
darragh
— wood populated with oaks
Classical Nahuatl:
āhuatlah
— wood populated with oaks
Classical Nahuatl:
ahāhuatlah
— wood populated with oaks
Classical Nahuatl:
āhuacuauhtlah
— wood populated with oaks
Occitan:
cassanha
— wood populated with oaks
Old Church Slavonic:
дѫбрава
(dǫbrava)
— wood populated with oaks
Polish:
dąbrowa
— wood populated with oaks
Polish:
dębina
— wood populated with oaks
Polish:
dębniak
— wood populated with oaks
Portuguese:
carvalhal
— wood populated with oaks
Portuguese:
carvalheira
— wood populated with oaks
Romanian:
stejăriș
— wood populated with oaks
Romanian:
stejăriște
— wood populated with oaks
Romanian:
stejeriște
— wood populated with oaks
Russian:
дубня́к
(dubnják)
— wood populated with oaks
Russian:
дубра́ва
(dubráva)
— wood populated with oaks
Russian:
дубро́ва
(dubróva)
— wood populated with oaks
Serbo-Croatian:
ду̀брава
— wood populated with oaks
Serbo-Croatian:
dùbrava
— wood populated with oaks
Sicilian:
cirzitu
— wood populated with oaks
Slovak:
dúbrava
— wood populated with oaks
Slovene:
dobrava
— wood populated with oaks
Lower Sorbian:
dubrawa
— wood populated with oaks
Upper Sorbian:
dubrawa
— wood populated with oaks
Upper Sorbian:
dubina
— wood populated with oaks
Upper Sorbian:
dubowina
— wood populated with oaks
Spanish:
robledal
— wood populated with oaks
Spanish:
robleda
— wood populated with oaks
Spanish:
robledo
— wood populated with oaks
Spanish:
roblería
— wood populated with oaks
Swedish:
ekskog
— wood populated with oaks
Ukrainian:
дубня́к
(dubnják)
— wood populated with oaks
Ukrainian:
дібро́ва
(dibróva)
— wood populated with oaks