Definitions for oldhamˈoʊl dəm; locally ˈaʊ dəm
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Old•hamˈoʊl dəm; locally ˈaʊ dəm(n.)
a city in Greater Manchester, in NW England. 220,400.
Category: Geography (places)
Wiktionary
Oldham(ProperNoun)
A metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Oldham
on the Medlock, 7 m. NE. of Manchester, is the largest of the cotton manufacturing towns round that centre; it has 300 cotton mills, and manufactures besides silks, velvets, hats, and machinery; there is a lyceum, and a school of science and art.
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