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Cleveland

  • /ˈkliːv.lənd/ UK
  • /ˈkliv.lənd/ Canada, US
  • /ˈkliːv.lənd/ Australia
  • /ˈkliːv.lənd/ New Zealand

Where it comes from

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.

proper noun Clevelands

  1. countable, uncountable A geographic area of hills and dales in North Yorkshire, England.
  2. countable, uncountable 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, uncountable 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.
  4. countable, uncountable A town in Blount County, Alabama.
  5. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Charlotte County, Florida.
  6. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of White County, Georgia, named after General Benjamin Cleveland, grandson of Colonel Benjamin Cleveland.
  7. countable, uncountable A village in Henry County, Illinois.
  8. countable, uncountable A small city, one of the two county seats of Bolivar County, Mississippi.
  9. countable, uncountable A small city in Cass County, Missouri.
  10. countable, uncountable A small city in Le Sueur County, Minnesota.
  11. countable, uncountable A village in the town of Constantia, Oswego County, New York.
  12. countable, uncountable A small town in Cleveland Township, Rowan County, North Carolina.
  13. countable, uncountable A tiny city in Stutsman County, North Dakota.
  14. countable, uncountable A small city in Pawnee County, Oklahoma.
  15. countable, uncountable A small city, the county seat of Bradley County, Tennessee.
  16. countable, uncountable A city in Liberty County, Texas.
  17. countable, uncountable A tiny city in Emery County, Utah.
  18. countable, uncountable A small town in Russell County, Virginia.
  19. countable, uncountable A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
  20. countable, uncountable A village in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
  21. countable, uncountable A town in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
  22. countable, uncountable A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
  23. countable, uncountable A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.
  24. countable, uncountable A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
  25. countable, uncountable A suburb of Redland City, Queensland, Australia.
  26. countable, uncountable A locality in Northern Midlands council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.
  27. countable, uncountable A township municipality of the Regional County Municipality of Le Val-Saint-François, Quebec, Canada.
  28. countable A surname. He also became the second president ever to win election to the office nonconsecutively, after Grover Cleveland.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: grover cleveland, akron, pittsburgh, detroit, atlanta, marshall, acme, elaine, stevens, lloyd, blaine, cle, north coast, the land, c-town, forest city

Translations

Every language

name city in Ohio, United States

EspañolCleveland
日本語クリーブランド Kurīburando, クリーヴランド Kurīvurando
中文克利夫蘭 /克利夫兰 Kèlìfūlán, 克里夫蘭 /克里夫兰 Kèlǐfūlán
PortuguêsCleveland
FrançaisCleveland
DeutschCleveland
ΕλληνικάΚλίβλαντ Klívlant
РусскийКли́вленд Klívlend
العربيةكليفلاند klīflānd
עבריתקְלִיבְלַנְד klívland

name former county in northeast England

中文克利夫蘭 /克利夫兰 Kèlìfūlán
РусскийКли́вленд Klívlend

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MLA

"Cleveland." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cleveland. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Cleveland. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cleveland

Chicago

"Cleveland." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cleveland.

BibTeX
@misc{cleveland_2026,
  title = {Cleveland},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cleveland},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}