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/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Proper noun

Cleveland (countable and uncountable, plural Clevelands)

2. A geographic area of hills and dales in North Yorkshire, England.
4. 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.
6. A major city, the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
   • 2020 October 6, Stephen Markley, “Pete Beatty’s ‘Cuyahoga’ Images an Ohio, and a Country, Divided”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

7. A number of other places in the United States, including:
   2. A town in Blount County, Alabama.
   4. 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.
   8. A village in Henry County, Illinois.
   10. A small city, one of the two county seats of Bolivar County, Mississippi.
   12. A small city in Cass County, Missouri.
   14. A small city in Le Sueur County, Minnesota.
   16. A village in Oswego County, New York.
   18. A small town in Cleveland Township, Rowan County, North Carolina.
   20. A tiny city in Stutsman County, North Dakota.
   22. A small city in Pawnee County, Oklahoma.
   24. A small city, the county seat of Bradley County, Tennessee.
   26. A city in Liberty County, Texas.
   28. A tiny city in Emery County, Utah.
   30. A small town in Russell County, Virginia.
   32. A small town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
   34. A village in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
   36. A small city in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
   38. A tiny city in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
   40. A tiny city in Taylor County, Wisconsin.
9. A suburb of Redland City, Queensland, Australia.
11. A township municipality of the Regional County Municipality of Le Val-Saint-François, Quebec, Canada.
12. (countable) A surname.

Derived terms

• Carlton in Cleveland
• Cleveland Bay
• Cleveland County
• Cleveland Heights
• Cleveland steamer
• East Cleveland
• Redcar and Cleveland

Translations

city in Ohio

• Bulgarian: Кли́вланд m (Klívland)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克利夫蘭 / 克利夫兰 (zh) (Kèlìfūlán), 克里夫蘭 / 克里夫兰 (Kèlǐfūlán)

• Esperanto: Klevlando
• French: Cleveland (fr)
• Hebrew: קְלִיבְלַנְד f (klívland)
• Japanese: クリーブランド (Kurīburando)
• Latvian: Klīvlenda f
• Lithuanian: Klyvlendas
• Polish: Cleveland (pl)
• Portuguese: Cleveland f
• Russian: Кли́вленд (ru) m (Klívlend)
• Spanish: Cleveland (es)
• Ukrainian: Клі́вленд m (Klívlend)

former county in northeast England

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克利夫蘭 / 克利夫兰 (zh) (Kèlìfūlán)

• Old Norse: Kliflǫnd n pl
• Russian: Кли́вленд (ru) m (Klívlend)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Cleveland f

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

Spanish

Proper noun

Cleveland ?

1. Cleveland (a city in Ohio)