Oxford
English university city
Oxford is a city in England, home to the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world.
The name evokes academic prestige and tradition: She studied at Oxford.
An Oxford comma is the serial comma before "and" in a list, advocated by the Oxford University Press style guide.
The Oxford English Dictionary is the comprehensive historical dictionary of the English language. (Lowercase oxford is a type of shoe or fabric.)
Higher education community
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- degreesUnits of measurement
- tutorialsInstructional guides for beginners
- RhodesGreek Aegean island
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London's river
- RadcliffeFormer women's college, Cambridge
- JerichoAncient walled Palestinian city
- High StreetNamed primary town road
- puntingSurrendering possession via kick
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Of the Middle Ages
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- landmarksDistinctive, recognizable locations
- architectureBuilding design discipline
- traditionCustom passed through generations
antiquity · monuments · manuscripts · Tudor · Victorian · restoration · Saxon · Norman
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Southern state or major river
- AlabamaDeep South state
- OhioMidwestern state, major river
- North CarolinaSoutheastern Atlantic coast state
- New ZealandPacific island nation
academia
Higher education community
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Thames
London's river
- RadcliffeFormer women's college, Cambridge
- JerichoAncient walled Palestinian city
- High StreetNamed primary town road
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Of the Middle Ages
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- architectureBuilding design discipline
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Southern state or major river
- AlabamaDeep South state
- OhioMidwestern state, major river
- North CarolinaSoutheastern Atlantic coast state
- BritainEngland, Wales, Scotland, London, Northern Ireland
- higher educationuniversity, college, degree, diploma, graduate school
- universitiesuniversities, Harvard, Yale, Cambridge, Princeton
- British IslesEngland, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland
- British PlacesBuckingham Palace, England, Tower of London, London, Big Ben
- EnglandLondon, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds
- Oxford UniversityEngland's oldest academic institution
- oxford shirtsCasual woven dress tops
- Oxford shoesFormal lace-up footwear
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- Oxford commaFinal list separator