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/

Proper noun

Cleveland (countable and uncountable, plural Clevelands)

1. A large city, the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States.
2. A small city, the county seat of Bradley County, Tennessee, United States.
3. A small city in Mississippi, United States and one of the two county seats of Bolivar County.
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.
5. (countable) A surname​.

Derived terms

• Cleveland County
• Cleveland Heights
• Cleveland steamer

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• East Cleveland
• Redcar and Cleveland

Translations

city in Ohio

• Bulgarian: Кли́вланд m (Klívland)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克利夫蘭 (zh), 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

• Old Norse: Kliflǫnd n pl

• Russian: Кли́вленд (ru) m (Klívlend)

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Cleveland f

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

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Spanish

Proper noun

Cleveland ?

1. Cleveland (a city in Ohio)