Ypsilanti
Americannoun
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Alexander, 1792–1828, Greek patriot and revolutionary leader.
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his brother Demetrios 1793–1832, Greek patriot and revolutionary leader.
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a city in SE Michigan, W of Detroit.
noun
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Alexander (ˌalekˈsander). 1792–1828, Greek patriot, who led an unsuccessful revolt against the Turks (1821)
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his brother, Demetrios (ðimitriˈɔs). 1793–1832, Greek revolutionary leader; commander in chief of Greek forces (1828–30) during the war of independence
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Wallace runs the catering company she founded in Ypsilanti, Mich., and she relies on the federal help to cover most of the monthly $560 premium for her Affordable Care Act health plan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
Lang spoke after stepping out of his 2009 Chevrolet Impala in a grocery store parking lot near Ypsilanti.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
One in Ypsilanti would displace 1,500 trees but create 577 jobs; the other in Pittsfield would bring hundreds of jobs for delivery drivers and hundreds more for workers inside the warehouse, according to Michigan Live.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2023
Mr. Chu, who hails from Ypsilanti, is accused of failing to disclose contacts with the Taiwanese navy and a Taiwanese company.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 25, 2022
Here Demetrios Ypsilanti with a few hundred men repulsed the Turkish vanguard at Lerna.
From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin
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