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CLE

CLE is the abbreviation of Cleveland.

CLE is the initialism of continuing legal education.

CLE is the initialism of cutaneous lupus erythematosus.

CLE is the initialism of Christian Living Education.

Meaning of Cleveland

Proper noun

Cleveland (countable and uncountable, plural Clevelands)

  1. A geographic area of hills and dales in North Yorkshire, England.
  2. A former county in northeast England, bordering North Yorkshire and County Durham, created in 1974 from parts of those two counties (mainly the County Borough of Teesside) and abolished in 1996.
  3. A major city, the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
    • The year is 1837, and the Cuyahoga is the sidewinding river separating the empire of Cleveland from the more rough-hewn frontier town of Ohio City.2020 June 10, Stephen Markley, “Pete Beatty’s ‘Cuyahoga’ Images an Ohio, and a Country, Divided”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 15 Oct 2020
  4. A town in Blount County, Alabama.
  5. A census-designated place in Charlotte County, Florida.
  6. A city, the county seat of White County, Georgia, named after General Benjamin Cleveland, grandson of Colonel Benjamin Cleveland.

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Questions about CLE

What is CLE the abbreviation of?
CLE is the abbreviation of Cleveland.

Words near CLE in the dictionary

  1. cld
  2. Cld.
  3. CLDC
  4. CLDCs
  5. CLDR
  6. CLE
  7. Clea
  8. clead
  9. cleading
  10. cleadings
  11. cleam

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