cleveland

1. 1.

   the largest city in Ohio; located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie; a major Great Lakes port

   Broadercity

   Part ofOhio
2. 2.

   22nd and 24th President of the United States (1837-1908)

   SynonymsGrover ClevelandStephen Grover ClevelandPresident Cleveland

   BroaderPresident of the United States

Other forms of cleveland

plural

clevelands·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cleveland

What does cleveland mean?

cleveland means "the largest city in Ohio; located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie; a major Great Lakes port". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cleveland?

cleveland has 2 syllables: cleve-land. The stress falls on "cleve". In IPA it is /ˈklivlənd/.

What is another word for cleveland?

Close synonyms include Grover Cleveland, Stephen Grover Cleveland, President Cleveland. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cleveland a common word?

cleveland is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.