Lexic.us

Definition of Cleveland

1. Noun. The largest city in Ohio; located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie; a major Great Lakes port.

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

Definition of Cleveland

1. Proper noun. A city in the U.S. state of Ohio. ¹

2. Proper noun. A former county in northeast England bordering Yorkshire and County Durham. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cleveland

Clementi Clementina Clementine Clemmy Cleome pinnata Cleome serrulata Cleopatra Cleret Cleridae Clermont-Ferrand

Clethra Clethra alnifolia Clethraceae Clethrionomys Cleveland (current term) Cleveland steamers Clevenger Clevenger's fissure Clianthus formosus Clianthus puniceus

Clianthus speciosus Clichy Clichy-la-Garenne Cliff Clifford Clifford Odets Clifford trust Cliffordian

Literary usage of Cleveland

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by Ohio State Geologist, Ohio Division of Geological Survey (1912)
"The encroachment of the black shale on the upper Chagrin has been described on Skinner's Run south of Cleveland, especially in the cliffs bordering Lake ..."

2. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association, Richard Rogers Bowker, Charles Ammi Cutter (1907)
"There is, in addition to this number, an enrollment of 30 special students who are working in Cleveland libraries Among these are 9 substitutes of ..."

3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"In his fifteenth year Cleveland went to Cambridge, and was ad"mitted,4 Sept. ... Cleveland did not take orders, and within six years after election to his ..."

4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1844)
"LAKE COMMERCE OF Cleveland, OHIO. A correspondent at Cleveland, Ohio, has furnished us with the subjoined official exhibit of the lake commerce at the port ..."

5. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1842)
"LAKE COMMERCE OF Cleveland, OHIO. Statement nf thf number of arrivals and ... There arrived at Cleveland, by way of the canal, during the year 1841, ..."

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