What does "cleveland" mean?
A geographic area of hills and dales in North Yorkshire, England.
Cleveland
/ˈkliːv.lənd/ name
name ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A geographic area of hills and dales in North Yorkshire, England.
- Grammar: cleveland is listed as name.
- Nearest alternatives: ancestral name, cleveland-area, cleveland-based, cleveland-region.
- Useful contrasts: countryside, first name, forename.
- Usage evidence: President Cleveland had to compromise.
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A geographic area of hills and dales in North Yorkshire, England. countable, uncountable
- 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. countable, uncountable
- 3 A major city, the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. countable, uncountable
"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."
- 4 A number of other places in the United States, including:; A town in Blount County, Alabama. countable, uncountable
- 5 A number of other places in the United States, including:; A census-designated place in Charlotte County, Florida. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A number of other places in the United States, including:; A city, the county seat of White County, Georgia, named after General Benjamin Cleveland, grandson of Colonel Benjamin Cleveland. countable, uncountable
- 7 A number of other places in the United States, including:; A village in Henry County, Illinois. countable, uncountable
- 8 A number of other places in the United States, including:; A small city, one of the two county seats of Bolivar County, Mississippi. countable, uncountable
- 9 A number of other places in the United States, including:; A small city in Cass County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
- 10 A number of other places in the United States, including:; A small city in Le Sueur County, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
- 11 A number of other places in the United States, including:; A village in Oswego County, New York. countable, uncountable
- 12 A number of other places in the United States, including:; A small town in Cleveland Township, Rowan County, North Carolina. countable, uncountable
- 13 A number of other places in the United States, including:; A tiny city in Stutsman County, North Dakota. countable, uncountable
- 14 A number of other places in the United States, including:; A small city in Pawnee County, Oklahoma. countable, uncountable
- 15 A number of other places in the United States, including:; A small city, the county seat of Bradley County, Tennessee. countable, uncountable
- 16 A number of other places in the United States, including:; A city in Liberty County, Texas. countable, uncountable
- 17 A number of other places in the United States, including:; A tiny city in Emery County, Utah. countable, uncountable
- 18 A number of other places in the United States, including:; A small town in Russell County, Virginia. countable, uncountable
- 19 A number of other places in the United States, including:; A small town in Marathon County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
- 20 A number of other places in the United States, including:; A village in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
- 21 A number of other places in the United States, including:; A small city in Chippewa County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
- 22 A number of other places in the United States, including:; A tiny city in Jackson County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
- 23 A number of other places in the United States, including:; A tiny city in Taylor County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
- 24 A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. countable, uncountable
- 25 A suburb of Redland City, Queensland, Australia. countable, uncountable
- 26 A locality in Northern Midlands council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia. countable, uncountable
- 27 A township municipality of the Regional County Municipality of Le Val-Saint-François, Quebec, Canada. countable, uncountable
- 28 A surname. countable
"He also became the second president ever to win election to the office nonconsecutively, after Grover Cleveland."
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Example
"President Cleveland had to compromise."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "cleveland"?
Common synonyms include: ancestral name, cleveland-area, cleveland-based, cleveland-region, cleveland-related, family name.
How do you use "cleveland" in a sentence?
President Cleveland had to compromise.
How do you pronounce "cleveland"?
Pronounced /ˈkliːv.lənd/.
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.