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発音

• IPA: /dɪˈtɹɔɪt/, /ˈdiːtɹɔɪt/, (sometimes) [dɪˈt͡ʃɹɔɪt]
• (Michigan) IPA: /ˈdiːtɹɔɪt/
• 韻: -ɔɪt
• ハイフネーション: De‧troit

固有名詞

Detroit

1. 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.
   • 2017 October 5, Aaron Foley, “Why Detroit’s city storyteller wants to ban the word ‘gritty’”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 1 November 2021:

     I’ll tell you what Detroit is. We’re a prideful people that love our city more than anything – even if we do, in many cases, make the difficult decision to leave the city for somewhere outside the boundaries.

   • 2025 October 8, Stephen Starr, “‘I don’t feel safe any more’: Dearborn’s Arab Americans on rising Islamophobia”, in The Guardian‎, archived from the original on 8 October 2025:

     The Yemeni American, who had been living in the Dearborn and Detroit area for four years, was preparing dinner while her mother took Amirah’s seven-year-old daughter, Saida, to a nearby playground to play with her friends.

2. (metonymic) The United States' automotive industry.
   • 2009, John Anderson, John Rich, “Shuttin' Detroit Down”, performed by John Rich:

     'Cause in the real world they're shutting Detroit down / While the boss man takes his bonus pay and jets on out of town.

同意語

• (city of Michigan): 3-1-3 (slang), Arsenal of Democracy (dated), D / The D (colloquial), D-Town (informal), Hockeytown (informal), Motor City, Motown (informal), Rock City (informal)

派生語

Further reading

• Detroit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• dottier, i-dotter