Detroit

détroit Détroit English Etymology en :bor fr:détroit<t:strait> 1 From en fr détroit strait in Rivière du Détroit (Detroit River). en district, via Latin. Pronunciation en /dɪˈtɹɔɪt/ /ˈdiːtɹɔɪt/, sometimes [dɪˈt͡ʃɹɔɪt] en /ˈdiːtɹɔɪt/ Michigan en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Detroit.wav Southern England en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Detroit.wav US en ɔɪt 2 en De troit Proper noun en Q12439 en The largest <<city>> and <<former capital>> of <<s/Michigan>>, <<c/USA>>, a major port on the <<riv/Detroit River>>, known as the traditional automotive center of the U.S. It is the <<county seat>> of <<co/Wayne County>>. en Aaron Foley Why Detroit’s city storyteller wants to ban the word ‘gritty’ w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/detroit-storyteller-aaron-foley 2017-10-05 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20211101191558/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/detroit-storyteller-aaron-foley/ en Stephen Starr ‘I don’t feel safe any more’: Dearborn’s Arab Americans on rising Islamophobia w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/08/arab-americans-michigan-dearborn-trump 2025-10-08 The Yemeni American, who had been living in the Dearborn and Detroit area for four years, was preparing dinner while her mother took Amirah’s seven-year-old daughter, Saida, to a nearby playground to play with her friends. https://web.archive.org/web/20251008130735/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/08/arab-americans-michigan-dearborn-trump en metonymy The United States' automotive industry. en 2009 John Anderson (musician) John Anderson; w:John Rich w:John Rich Shuttin' Detroit Down Shuttin' Detroit Down 'Cause in the real world they're shutting Detroit down / While the boss man takes his bonus pay and jets on out of town. Synonyms city of Michigan en 3-1-3 slang, Arsenal of Democracy dated, D / The D colloquial, D-Town informal, Hockeytown informal, Motor City, Motown informal, Rock City informal Derived terms en Detoilet Detroit City Detroit Lakes Detroit River Detroiter Translations largest city and former capital of Michigan Amharic: am ደትሮይት Arabic: ar ديترويت f ditrūyt Egyptian Arabic: arz ديترويت f detrūit Armenian: hy Դետրոյտ Cherokee: chr ᏗᏠᏘ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 底特律 dai2 dak6 leot6 Mandarin: cmn 底特律 dǐtèlǜ Esperanto: eo Detrojto French: fr Détroit m German: de Detroit n Greek: el Ντητρόιτ Hebrew: he דטרויט det'roit' Japanese: ja デトロイト Detoroito Korean: ko ^디트로이트 Latin: la Detroitum m, la Sinus Michiganus m Ojibwe: oj Waawiyaataanong Polish: pl Detroit n Portuguese: pt Detroit f Russian: ru Детро́йт m Dɛtrójt Spanish: es Detroit Tamil: ta டிட்ராயிட் Turkish: tr Detroit Ukrainian: uk Детро́йт m Yiddish: yi דעטרויט Further reading Detroit Anagrams en deiortt dottier i-dotter French Etymology fr en Detroit, from fr fr Détroit, from fr détroit. Pronunciation [e:é] fr Fr-Detroit.oga fr détroit Détroit Proper noun en Detroit; fr Détroit fr city s/Michigan c/USA fr river s/Michigan c/USA and p/Ontario c/Canada Portuguese pt: Etymology pt :ubor en:Detroit pt en Detroit, from pt fr détroit strait, from pt la districtus. pt distrito. Pronunciation Detróiti^,Detróit pt ɔjt͡ʃi 3 Proper noun f pt Detroit Q12439 Spanish es: Pronunciation Proper noun es city c/USA Detroit Derived terms es por detroit