means Oxford is a historic university city in England, home to one of the world's oldest universities, and the name is also used for a type of lace-up shoe and a cotton cloth weave.

from From Old English Oxenaford, literally "ford of the oxen" — the place where oxen could safely cross the River Thames (locally the Isis). The shoe and the cloth borrow the city's prestige: the "Oxford shoe" and "Oxford cloth" are named for their adoption among the university's students, while "Oxford English" came to stand for educated, standard speech.