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Ann Arbor

American  
[an ahr-ber] / æn ˈɑr bər /

noun

  1. a city in SE Michigan.

Ann Arbor British  
/ æn ˈɑːbə /

noun

  1. a city in SE Michigan: seat of the University of Michigan. Pop: 114 498 (2003 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Ann Arbor Cultural  

  1. City in southern Michigan, near Detroit.

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Location of the University of Michigan.

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I felt the sense of possibility when I was leaving his house in Ann Arbor, a man on the edge of doing something no one like him has ever done before.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026

El-Sayed was clearly well aware of all this when I stepped into his house in Ann Arbor last week.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026

Just one Wolverine has even been in Ann Arbor for a full calendar year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Ms. Cunningham is a historian and writer in Ann Arbor, Mich., and a co-author of the third edition of “China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

This was the opportunity that greeted Bill Joy when he arrived on the Ann Arbor campus in the fall of 1971.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

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