Word: Cleveland Part of Speech: name 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: /ˈkliːv.lənd/ 1. A geographic area of hills and dales in North Yorkshire, England. Labels: countable, uncountable 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. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A major city, the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 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. A number of other places in the United States, including: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of other places in the United States, including: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of other places in the United States, including: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of other places in the United States, including: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A number of other places in the United States, including: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A number of other places in the United States, including: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A number of other places in the United States, including: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A number of other places in the United States, including: Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A number of other places in the United States, including: Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A number of other places in the United States, including: Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A number of other places in the United States, including: Labels: countable, uncountable 15. A number of other places in the United States, including: Labels: countable, uncountable 16. A number of other places in the United States, including: Labels: countable, uncountable 17. A number of other places in the United States, including: Labels: countable, uncountable 18. A number of other places in the United States, including: Labels: countable, uncountable 19. A number of other places in the United States, including: Labels: countable, uncountable 20. A number of other places in the United States, including: Labels: countable, uncountable 21. A number of other places in the United States, including: Labels: countable, uncountable 22. A number of other places in the United States, including: Labels: countable, uncountable 23. A number of other places in the United States, including: Labels: countable, uncountable 24. A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable 25. A suburb of Redland City, Queensland, Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable 26. A locality in Northern Midlands council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable 27. A township municipality of the Regional County Municipality of Le Val-Saint-François, Quebec, Canada. Labels: countable, uncountable 28. A surname. Labels: countable Example: He also became the second president ever to win election to the office nonconsecutively, after Grover Cleveland.