Cleveland

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkliːv.lənd/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Cleveland (countable and uncountable, plural Clevelands)

  1. A number of places in the United States, including:
    1. A city, the county seat of White County, Georgia, named after General Benjamin Cleveland, grandson of Colonel Benjamin Cleveland.
    2. A small city in Mississippi and one of the two county seats of Bolivar County.
    3. A large city, the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
    4. A small city, the county seat of Bradley County, Tennessee.
    5. A city in Liberty County, Texas.
  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. (countable) A surname.

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Cleveland f

  1. Cleveland (a city in Ohio, United States)

Spanish

Proper noun

Cleveland ?

  1. Cleveland (a city in Ohio)
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