Detroit

[ dih-troit ]

noun

1. a city in SE Michigan, on the Detroit River.
2. a river in SE Michigan, flowing S from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie, forming part of the boundary between the U.S. and Canada. About 32 miles (52 km) long.
3. the U.S. automobile industry.

Detroit

/ dɪˈtrɔɪt /

noun

1. a city in SE Michigan, on the Detroit River: a major Great Lakes port; largest car-manufacturing centre in the world. Pop: 911 402 (2003 est)
2. a river in central North America, flowing along the US-Canadian border from Lake St Clair to Lake Erie

Detroit

1. Largest city in Michigan .

Notes

As the center of automobile production, it is often referred to as the “Motor City” or “Motown.”

Example Sentences

Others, like Detroit and Miami, have kept students on rosters even after they failed to show for an entire month.

From Washington Post

McAllester notes that some warm-weather species have been seen as far north as Detroit.

From Popular-Science

Sandy Levine owns Chartreuse Kitchen & Cocktails in Detroit and is also high-risk.

From Eater

Wamp, the former Republican Congressman, called his former colleague Mike Rogers, who wrote an op-ed for the Detroit newspapers urging officials to honor the will of the voters.

From Time

After a playing career that included time in Washington, he rose to a general manager’s job with Detroit in 2008, was fired in 2015, then held front-office jobs with the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers.

From Washington Post

The fact that he was celebrating another loss for the star-crossed city of Detroit only enhances the symbolism.

From The Daily Beast

I know that Detroit is losing market share in auto sales, but how did they let the Motown sound slip out of their hands?

From The Daily Beast

Buffalo ranked tenth in the nation, while Detroit and Pittsburgh ranked twelth and thirteenth, respectively.

From The Daily Beast

The seven-year-old Detroit girl was sleeping on the couch as her grandmother sat next to her watching television.

From The Daily Beast

Just as often, and to more stinging effect, the adjectives come from black people in this town an hour north of Detroit.

From The Daily Beast

No man was more highly respected for unswerving integrity, and uprightness of purpose, than Robert Banks, of Detroit.

From Project Gutenberg

Along the shores of these mighty lakes fighting was going on; at Detroit on the west; at Niagara on the east.

From Project Gutenberg

A man sprang up on the rail of the Detroit and waved a white flag to show that they had surrendered.

From Project Gutenberg

They were the ships Detroit and Queen Charlotte, a large brig, two schooners, and a sloop.

From Project Gutenberg

The straits of Detroit have been well surveyed, and afford a deep, navigable channel at all times.

From Project Gutenberg