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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

底特律

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dǐtèlü

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Detroit/dɪˈtrɔɪt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3400 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"底特律是美国著名的汽车工业中心。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A major city in the US state of Michigan, historically renowned as the center of the American automotive industry.

    "Detroit is widely celebrated as the birthplace of Motown music and American car manufacturing."
  2. 2

    The strait connecting Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie.

    "Cargo ships frequently navigate the Detroit to transport goods across the Great Lakes region."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the French phrase 'détroit', meaning 'strait', referring to the Detroit River connecting Lake Huron and Lake Erie. The name was given by French colonists who established a settlement there in the early 18th century, later evolving into a major American industrial metropolis.

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