Detroit

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

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈtɹɔɪt/, /ˈdiːtɹɔɪt/, /dɪˈt͡ʃɹɔɪt/
• (Michigan) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːtɹɔɪt/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪt
• Hyphenation: De‧troit

Detroit

1. The largest city and former capital of Michigan, United States, a major port on the Detroit River, known as the traditional automotive center of the U.S. It is the county seat of Wayne County.
   • 2017 October 5, Aaron Foley, “Why Detroit’s city storyteller wants to ban the word ‘gritty’”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     I’ll tell you what Detroit is. We’re a prideful people that love our city more than anything – even if we do, in many cases, make the difficult decision to leave the city for somewhere outside the boundaries.

2. (metonymic) The United States' automotive industry.
   • 2009, John Anderson, John Rich, “Shuttin' Detroit Down”, performed by John Rich:

     'Cause in the real world they're shutting Detroit down / While the boss man takes his bonus pay and jets on out of town.

• (city of Michigan): 3-1-3 (slang), Arsenal of Democracy (dated), D / The D (colloquial), D-Town (informal), Hockeytown (informal), Motor City, Motown (informal), Rock City (informal)

• Detroit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• dottier, i-dotter

Borrowed from English Detroit, from French Détroit, from détroit.

• IPA^(key): /de.tʁwa/

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• Homophones: détroit, Détroit

Detroit ?

1. Detroit; alternative form of Détroit
   1. a city in Michigan, United States
   2. a river in Michigan, United States and Ontario, Canada

Unadapted borrowing from English Detroit, from French détroit (“strait”), from Latin districtus. Doublet of distrito.

Detroit f

1. Detroit (a city in Michigan, United States)

• IPA^(key): /deˈtɾoit/ [d̪eˈt̪ɾoi̯t̪]
• Rhymes: -oit
• Syllabification: De‧troit

Detroit ?

1. Detroit (a city in the United States)