Detroit
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- proper noun
- /dɪˈtɹɔɪt/
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Detroit
- I visited Detroit last summer to explore its rich automotive history.
- the Detroit automobile industry
- Detroit, Michigan
- the City of Detroit
Maybe one of the others, either Detroit or or New York.
- Maybe one of the others, either Detroit or or New York.
- And my first agent I got in Detroit, she handed me a script.
- So I'm in Detroit, Josh, you're in LA.
- Her dad's dad was shot at some point shot in Detroit when she was a baby.
- I was doing a play on the east side of Detroit, which is crazy.
- You're a former NFL wide receiver with the Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys.
- They weren't the back-to-back Detroit Piston NBA champions.
- I got in the show in Detroit called This is Your Detroit.
- Oh, well, I just said I flew to Detroit and then flew to Vegas.
- But we got to break the rules by wearing this Detroit News T-shirt.
- Round one of the playoffs in Detroit NFC North champs.
Examples
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Some nights I would drive into Detroit to Tiger Stadium to watch the Tigers lose.
Fiction book (1996) -
That was the year we moved here from Detroit.
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And so I got to the airport in Detroit to head to New York.
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I was doing a play on the east side of Detroit, which is crazy.
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We fly first class to Detroit and lay low for a couple weeks.
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And Steven got the hell out of Detroit without ever looking back.
Fiction book (1991) -
But I visited a space called Insight Focus in Detroit just last week.
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I called Senator Phil Hart, who was already in Detroit for the dinner.
Academic text (1992) -
Laila's brother, who owned an import store in Detroit, even sent them tickets.
Fiction book (1992) -
In order to comply with the consent decree, Detroit sought to secure federal funding for the project.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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4.4
A nickname for Detroit known for its car factories and soul music
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A nickname for Detroit, Michigan, known for its car industry
Compounds
A short river between the United States and Canada that flows from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Detroit comes from the French word détroit, which means 'strait', a narrow passage of water. French explorers named the place for the narrow river there, so the city's name is a simple reminder that it sits on the Detroit River.