Detroit

See also détroit

English

Etymology

From French détroit (“strait”) in Rivière du Détroit (Detroit River)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɪˈtrɔɪt/, /diˈtrɔɪt/; X-SAMPA: /d@"trOIt/, /di"trOIt/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪt
• Hyphenation: De‧troit

Proper noun

Detroit

1. The largest city and former capital of Michigan, a major port on the Detroit River, known as the traditional automotive center of the U.S.
2. (by mentonymy) The United States automotive industry.

Synonyms

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

Translations

largest city and former capital of Michigan

• Armenian: Դետրոյտ (hy) (Detroyt)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 底特律 (cmn) (dǐtèlǜ)

• French: Détroit (fr) m
• Greek: Ντητρόιτ (Ditróit)
• Hebrew: דטרויט (det'roit')

• Japanese: デトロイト (Detoroito)
• Korean: 디트로이트 (ko) (Diteuroiteu)
• Ojibwe: Waawiyaataanong
• Russian: Детройт (ru) (Dɛtrójt) m
• Spanish: Detroit (es)
• Turkish: Detroit (tr)

External links

• Detroit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• dottier
• i-dotter