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Cleveland.

A geographic area of hills and dales in North Yorkshire, England.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈkliːv.lənd/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkliv.lənd/Canada, General-American/ˈkliːv.lənd/Australia/ˈkliːv.lənd/New-Zealand
  1. A geographic area of hills and dales in North Yorkshire, England.

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  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.

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  3. A major city, the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

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  4. A number of other places in the United States, including: A town in Blount County, Alabama.

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  5. A number of other places in the United States, including: A census-designated place in Charlotte County, Florida.

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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.

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  7. A number of other places in the United States, including: A village in Henry County, Illinois.

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  8. A number of other places in the United States, including: A small city, one of the two county seats of Bolivar County, Mississippi.

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  9. A number of other places in the United States, including: A small city in Cass County, Missouri.

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  10. A number of other places in the United States, including: A small city in Le Sueur County, Minnesota.

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  11. A number of other places in the United States, including: A village in the town of Constantia, Oswego County, New York.

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  12. A number of other places in the United States, including: A small town in Cleveland Township, Rowan County, North Carolina.

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  13. A number of other places in the United States, including: A tiny city in Stutsman County, North Dakota.

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  14. A number of other places in the United States, including: A small city in Pawnee County, Oklahoma.

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  15. A number of other places in the United States, including: A small city, the county seat of Bradley County, Tennessee.

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  16. A number of other places in the United States, including: A city in Liberty County, Texas.

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  17. A number of other places in the United States, including: A tiny city in Emery County, Utah.

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  18. A number of other places in the United States, including: A small town in Russell County, Virginia.

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  19. A number of other places in the United States, including: A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.

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  20. A number of other places in the United States, including: A village in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.

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  21. A number of other places in the United States, including: A town in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.

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  22. A number of other places in the United States, including: A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.

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  23. A number of other places in the United States, including: A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.

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  24. A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.

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  25. A suburb of Redland City, Queensland, Australia.

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  26. A locality in Northern Midlands council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.

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  27. A township municipality of the Regional County Municipality of Le Val-Saint-François, Quebec, Canada.

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  28. A surname.

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Where this word 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.

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