Detroit

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From French détroit(“strait”) in Rivière du Détroit (Detroit River). Cognate with English district via Latin.


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Detroit

city in Michigan, U.S., from French détroit, literally "straits," from Old French destreit (12c.), from Latin districtum, neuter of districtus (see district (n.)). A French fort was built there 1701. By 1918 the city name was synonymous with "U.S. automobile manufacturing."