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Cleveland
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English
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Etymology
en :inh enm:Cleveland<alt:Cleveland, Clyveland><ety:af<clyf<alt:clive, cleve, cleove>><lond<alt:land>>> 1
From place names in England (i.e. Cleveland, England), from en enm Cleveland, enm Clyveland, from en enm clive, enm cleve, enm cleove cliff + enm land, equivalent to en cliff land 1.
Pronunciation
en /ˈkliːv.lənd/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cleveland.wav Southern England
en /ˈkliv.lənd/ GA,CA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-Cleveland.wav New Jersey
en /ˈkliːv.lənd/ AU
en /ˈkliːv.lənd/ NZ
Proper noun
~ s
en Q24651706en geographic area of hills and dales in co/North Yorkshire cc/England.
en Q24550en former county in northeast cc/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.
en Q37320en major city/county seat co/Cuyahoga County s/Ohio. TopoZone: Cleveland, Ohio
en Stephen Markley Pete Beatty’s ‘Cuyahoga’ Images an Ohio, and a Country, Divided w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/books/review/pete-beatty-cuyahoga.html 06-10-2020 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20201015232136/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/books/review/pete-beatty-cuyahoga.html
en number of other places c/USA, including:
en Q65881en town co/Blount County s/Alabama.
en Q1100729en CDP co/Charlotte County s/Florida.
en Q2376316en city/county seat co/White County s/Georgia, named after General Benjamin Cleveland, grandson of Colonel Benjamin Cleveland.
en Q2671756en village co/Henry County s/Illinois.
en Q222472en A <<small city>>, one of the two <<county seats>> of <<co/Bolivar County>>, <<s/Mississippi>>.
en Q955119en small city co/Cass County s/Missouri.
en Q1926745en small city co/Le Sueur County s/Minnesota.
en Q3452838en village town:pref/Constantia co/Oswego County s/New York. TopoZone: Cleveland, New York
en Q2394036en small town twp/Cleveland Township co/Rowan County s/North Carolina.
en Q617565en tiny city co/Stutsman County s/North Dakota.
en Q2360977en small city co/Pawnee County s/Oklahoma.
en Q962118en small city/county seat co/Bradley County s/Tennessee.
en Q982045en city co/Liberty County s/Texas.
en Q483337en tiny city co/Emery County s/Utah.
en Q1375342en small town co/Russell County s/Virginia.
en Q5132031en town co/Marathon County s/Wisconsin.
en Q2221949en village co/Manitowoc County s/Wisconsin.
en Q5132025en town co/Chippewa County s/Wisconsin.
en Q5132030en town co/Jackson County s/Wisconsin.
en Q5132038en town co/Taylor County s/Wisconsin.
en suburb of city/Wollongong s/New South Wales c/Australia.
en Q5132034en suburb city/Redland City s/Queensland c/Australia.
en locality carea/Northern Midlands eastern s/Tasmania c/Australia.
en Q2979001en township municipality rcomun:Pref/Le Val-Saint-François p/Quebec c/Canada.
en countable en.
en Joseph Addington Trump Elected President of the United States w:The American Conservative https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trump-elected-president-of-the-united-states/ 2024-11-06 He also became the second president ever to win election to the office nonconsecutively, after Grover Cleveland. https://web.archive.org/web/20251110143337/https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trump-elected-president-of-the-united-states/ 10 November 2025
Derived terms
en Carlton in Cleveland Cleveland Bay Cleveland County Cleveland Heights Cleveland steamer Clevelander East Cleveland Redcar and Cleveland
Translations
city in Ohio, United States
Arabic: ar كليفلاند f klīflānd
Bulgarian: bg Кли́вланд m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 克利夫蘭 Kèlìfūlán, cmn 克里夫蘭//克里夫兰 Kèlǐfūlán
Esperanto: eo Klevlando, eo Klivlando
French: fr Cleveland m
German: de Cleveland n
Greek: el Κλίβλαντ
Hebrew: he קְלִיבְלַנְד f klívland
Japanese: ja クリーブランド Kurīburando, ja クリーヴランド Kurīvurando
Latin: la Clevelandum n, la Clevelandia f
Latvian: lv Klīvlenda f
Lithuanian: lt Klyvlendas
Polish: pl Cleveland
Portuguese: pt Cleveland f
Russian: ru Кли́вленд m
Spanish: es Cleveland
Ukrainian: uk Клі́вленд m
former county in northeast England
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 克利夫蘭
Old Norse: non Kliflǫnd n-p
Russian: ru Кли́вленд m
References
Portuguese
Proper noun
f
pt city s/Ohio c/United States Cleveland
Spanish
es:
Proper noun
es city s/Ohio Cleveland