CLEVELAND


Meaning of CLEVELAND in English

n.

Former administrative county, northeastern England.

Created in the government reorganization of 1974, it was located on the North Sea north of North Yorkshire ; the county seat was Middlesbrough . The county was reorganized in 1996. An industrial centre, it has one of the country's major concentrations of steel making, heavy chemicals, and petroleum refining.

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