1. Oakland - Noun
2. Oakland - Proper noun
a city in western California on San Francisco Bay opposite San Francisco; primarily and industrial urban center
Source: WordNetThe boy on the Oakland porch goes to sleep upon the universe of ice and wakes up and remembers the death of his father and mother, and sees the sun. William Saroyan
Living in Ohio, I grew up an Oakland Raiders fan. Hugh Douglas
I love San Francisco so much. I call it the Emerald City and have been coming here since 1992. I have a few old friends that live here, and my aunt and uncle live in Oakland. I think it's a magical city - it's big, sexy and very 'cosmo' with a small-town feel. Andy Cohen
If I win and get the money, then the Oakland Police department is going to buy a boys' home, me a house, my family a house, and a Stop Police Brutality Center. Tupac Shakur
I would definitely say the Oakland Raiders are the punk rock band of football. Billie Joe Armstrong
Not for nothing did Eldridge Cleaver say that the North Korean police made him miss the Oakland police. Brian Reynolds Myers