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cleveland
/ˈkliv.lənd/
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What does cleveland mean?
proper noun
- A geographic area of hills and dales in North Yorkshire, England.
- 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.
- A major city, the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
More meanings (25)
proper noun
- A town in Blount County, Alabama.
- A census-designated place in Charlotte County, Florida.
- A city, the county seat of White County, Georgia, named after General Benjamin Cleveland, grandson of Colonel Benjamin Cleveland.
- A village in Henry County, Illinois.
- A small city, one of the two county seats of Bolivar County, Mississippi.
- A small city in Cass County, Missouri.
- A small city in Le Sueur County, Minnesota.
- A village in the town of Constantia, Oswego County, New York.
- A small town in Cleveland Township, Rowan County, North Carolina.
- A tiny city in Stutsman County, North Dakota.
- A small city in Pawnee County, Oklahoma.
- A small city, the county seat of Bradley County, Tennessee.
- A city in Liberty County, Texas.
- A tiny city in Emery County, Utah.
- A small town in Russell County, Virginia.
- A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
- A village in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.
- A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
- A suburb of Redland City, Queensland, Australia.
- A locality in Northern Midlands council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.
- A township municipality of the Regional County Municipality of Le Val-Saint-François, Quebec, Canada.
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkliv.lənd/
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The last wedding-gift dollar had been spent when they returned to East Best, the paternal mansion in Cleveland.
If ever human features bespoke vice of the most malignant type, they were certainly those of Enoch J. Drebber, of Cleveland.
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Staying at Eidgeville overnight, I roll into Cleveland, and into the out-stretched arms of a policeman, at 10 o'clock, next morning.
It is unnecessary to say that Cleveland is now unknown, except to such as feel themselves impelled to search into things forgotten.
In Cleveland Adolf succeeded in starting a secret service agency and obtained contracts, among them the detective work for a newly started store of considerable size.