Clevelander

Cuyahoga County native

A Clevelander is a person from Cleveland, Ohio—the major city on Lake Erie known for its industrial history and passionate sports fans.

As a lifelong Clevelander, she took the Browns' losses personally.

The term occasionally applies to residents of other Clevelands, but without qualification it means Ohio.

Cleveland

Erie

Northwestern Pennsylvania city

Buckeye

Midwestern

Great Lakes

Five connected inland seas

working-class · lakefront · steel · manufacturing · industry · union · factory · pragmatic · friendly · resilient

resident

native

Originating from a place

civic · longtime · transplant · suburb · commuter · downtown · snowbelt · lake-effect · homeowner · taxpayer

sports

tailgating

Following another vehicle unsafely

Jim Brown · diehard · season tickets · home game · rivalry

Categories
Opposites
Ohio Rivalry

ClevelanderPittsburgher

Steel City resident

Detroiter · Chicagoan

Geographic Residence

ClevelanderPhoenician

Ancient Lebanese seafarer

Angeleno

Phrases
Family

Cleveland, Clevelanders

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G