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