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Detroit

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De·troit  (d-troit)
A city of southeast Michigan opposite Windsor, Ontario, on the Detroit River. Founded by French settlers in 1701, Detroit became known as "the automobile capital of the world" in the early 20th century. Population: 871,000.
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Noun1.DetroitDetroit - the largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port; center of the United States automobile industry; located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor
Motor City, Motown
Great Lakes State, Michigan, Wolverine State, MI - a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region


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--On the tenth day of March following, I, and ten of my men, were conducted by forty Indians to Detroit, where we arrived the thirtieth day, and were treated by Governor Hamilton, the British commander at that post, with great humanity.
Adventures Of Col. Daniel Boone by Filson, John View in context
And then they would go back to Detroit and live happy ever after.
Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
The treacherous and bloody affairs of Detroit and Michilimackinac showed them the lurking hostility cherished by the savages, who had too long been taught by the French to regard them as enemies.
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