Detroit.
Detroit (the largest city and former capital of Michigan, United States, a major port on the Detroit River, known as the traditional automotive center of the U.S. It is the county seat of Wayne County)
Meaning & usage
Detroit (the largest city and former capital of Michigan, United States, a major port on the Detroit River, known as the traditional automotive center of the U.S. It is the county seat of Wayne County)
Where this word comes from
Unadapted borrowing from English Detroit, from French détroit (“strait”), from Latin districtus. Doublet of distrito.
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