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Detroit

det·roit

UK/dɪˈtɹɔɪt/ US/ˈdiːtɹɔɪt/ fairly common

noun

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the largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port; center of the United States automobile industry; located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor

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From French détroit (“strait”) in Rivière du Détroit (Detroit River). Doublet of district, via Latin.

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