Detroit

See also: détroit

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈtrɔɪt/, /ˈdiːtrɔɪt/
• 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 (Detroyt)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 底特律 (zh) (dǐtèlǜ)

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

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

External links

• Detroit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• dottier
• i-dotter