a former county of NE England formed in 1974 from parts of E Durham and N Yorkshire; replaced in 1996 by the unitary authorities of Hartlepool (Durham), Stockton-on-Tees (Durham), Middlesbrough (North Yorkshire) and Redcar and Cleveland (North Yorkshire) a port in NE Ohio, on Lake Erie: major heavy industries. Pop: 461 324 (2003 est) a hilly region of NE England, extending from the Cleveland Hills to the River Tees
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Cleve•land
(klēv′lənd),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Namesa port in NE Ohio, on Lake Erie. 573,822.
- Place Namesa county in N England. 565,400;
225 sq. mi. (583 sq. km). - Place Namesa city in SE Tennessee. 26,415.
- Place Namesa city in NW Mississippi. 14,524.
- a male given name.
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'Cleveland' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Bedford
- Berea
- Cleveland Heights
- Durham
- East Cleveland
- Euclid
- Garfield Heights
- Hartlepool
- Lakewood
- Lyndhurst
- Mayfield Heights
- Middlesbrough
- North Olmsted
- North Riding
- North Yorkshire
- Owens
- Parma
- Parma Heights
- Pei
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Rocky River
- Shaker Heights
- South Euclid
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Stokes
- University Heights
- West Hartlepool
- Wickliffe
- Willoughby
- Willowick
- Yorkshire
- alexander