Cleveland
/ˈkliːv.lənd/US/ˈkliv.lənd/
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Cleveland proper noun: a geographic area of hills and dales in North Yorkshire, England.
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Cleveland (countable and uncountable, plural Clevelands)
- A geographic area of hills and dales in North Yorkshire, England.
- 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.
- 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
- A town in Blount County, Alabama.
- A census-designated place in Charlotte County, Florida.
- A city, the county seat of White County, Georgia, named after General Benjamin Cleveland, grandson of Colonel Benjamin Cleveland.
- A village in Henry County, Illinois.
- A small city, one of the two county seats of Bolivar County, Mississippi.
- A small city in Cass County, Missouri.
- A small city in Le Sueur County, Minnesota.
- A village in the town of Constantia, Oswego County, New York.
- A small town in Cleveland Township, Rowan County, North Carolina.
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- A tiny city in Stutsman County, North Dakota.
- A small city in Pawnee County, Oklahoma.
- A small city, the county seat of Bradley County, Tennessee.
- A city in Liberty County, Texas.
- A tiny city in Emery County, Utah.
- A small town in Russell County, Virginia.
- A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
- A village in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.
- A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
- A suburb of Redland City, Queensland, Australia.
- A locality in Northern Midlands council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.
- A township municipality of the Regional County Municipality of Le Val-Saint-François, Quebec, Canada.
- A surname.
- He also became the second president ever to win election to the office nonconsecutively, after Grover Cleveland.2024 November 6, Joseph Addington, “Trump Elected President of the United States”, in The American Conservative
Cleveland meaning in Arabic
Cleveland in Arabic
- city in Ohio, United States
- كليفلاند klīflānd
Forms of Cleveland
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Origin of Cleveland
From place names in England (i.e. Cleveland, England), from Middle English Cleveland, Clyveland, from Middle English clive, cleve, cleove (“cliff”) + land, equivalent to cliff + land.
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Questions about Cleveland
- What does Cleveland mean?
- Cleveland means a geographic area of hills and dales in North Yorkshire, England.
- What is Cleveland in Arabic?
- Cleveland in Arabic is كليفلاند (klīflānd). See Cleveland meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is Cleveland?
- Cleveland is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Cleveland?
- Cleveland is pronounced /ˈkliːv.lənd/ (UK).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Cleveland (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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