Cleve·land

(klēv′lənd)

A city of northeast Ohio on Lake Erie. A port of entry and industrial center, the city was laid out in 1796 by Moses Cleaveland (1754-1806).

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Cleveland

(ˈkliːvlənd)

1. (Placename) 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)

2. (Placename) a port in NE Ohio, on Lake Erie: major heavy industries. Pop: 461 324 (2003 est)

3. (Placename) a hilly region of NE England, extending from the Cleveland Hills to the River Tees

Cleveland

(ˈkliːvlənd)

(Biography) Stephen Grover. 1837–1908, US Democratic politician; the 22nd and 24th president of the US (1885–89; 1893–97)

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Cleve•land

(ˈkliv lənd)

n.

1. (Stephen) Grover, 1837–1908, 22nd and 24th president of the U.S. 1885–89, 1893–97.

2. a port in NE Ohio, on Lake Erie. 498,246.

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Noun	1.	Cleveland - the largest city in Ohio; located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie; a major Great Lakes port Buckeye State, OH, Ohio - a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
	2.	Cleveland - 22nd and 24th President of the United States (1837-1908) Grover Cleveland, President Cleveland, Stephen Grover Cleveland

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Will you come and spend some time at Cleveland this Christmas?

You cannot think what a sweet place Cleveland is; and we are so gay now, for Mr.

Palmer is excessively pleased with you and your sisters I can tell you, and you can't think how disappointed he will be if you don't come to Cleveland.--I can't imagine why you should object to it."

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Grover Cleveland. I received from him the following autograph reply:--

Cleveland, for the first time, when, as President, he visited the Atlanta Exposition.

Cleveland has not only shown his friendship for me in many personal ways, but has always consented to do anything I have asked of him for our school.

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Drebber, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.' There had been no robbery, nor is there any evidence as to how the man met his death.

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I went about telling the story to people, and trying to make them find it as amusing as I did, but whether I ever succeeded I cannot say, though the notion of a version with modifications constantly grew with me, till one day I went to the city of Cleveland with my father.

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Neither Cleveland nor Harrison, for temperamental reasons, used the magic wire very often.

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Darnell, his newest mother, lived in Cleveland, Ohio.

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What's the use of bragging about being from the North, or the South, or the old manor house in the dale, or Euclid avenue, Cleveland, or Pike's Peak, or Fairfax County, Va., or Hooligan's Flats or any place?

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Wines- burg was proud of the hands of Wing Biddlebaum in the same spirit in which it was proud of Banker White's new stone house and Wesley Moyer's bay stallion, Tony Tip, that had won the two-fifteen trot at the fall races in Cleveland.

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