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Noun: Detroit  di'troyt
  1. The largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port; centre of the United States automobile industry; located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor
    - Motor City, Motown

Type of: city, metropolis, port, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Great Lakes State, MI, Mich., Michigan, Wolverine State

Encyclopedia: Detroit, Minnesota