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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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At age 17, he hitchhiked for nine hours from Ann Arbor, Mich., to New York City to see Davis at the Village Vanguard.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

Still, the utility said that over the past five years, it has received an average of just 17 complaints annually related to how trees were trimmed in Ann Arbor.

From The Wall Street Journal May 12, 2026

The Delphs are among many Ann Arbor residents who say they are witnessing a defacement of the local landscape.

From The Wall Street Journal May 12, 2026

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

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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