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'''Oxford''' ({{PronEng|'ɒksfəd}}, {{Audio|en-uk-Oxford.ogg|listen}}) is a [[City status in the United Kingdom|city]], and the [[county town]] of [[Oxfordshire]], in [[South East England|South East]] [[England]]. It has a population of 134,248 (2001 census). The Rivers [[River Cherwell|Cherwell]] and [[River Thames|Thames]] runsrun through Oxford and meet south of the city centre. For a distance of some {{convert|10|mi|km}} along the river, in the vicinity of Oxford, the Thames is known as [[The Isis]].
 
Oxford is home to the [[University of Oxford]], the oldest university in the [[Anglosphere|English-speaking world]].