HOW TO PRONOUNCE
detroit
/dɪˈtɹɔɪt/
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Stress TROY in dih-TROYT.
The stressed vowel sounds like boy. First-syllable stress also occurs.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“He grew up near Detroit.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does detroit mean?
proper noun
- 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.
- The United States' automotive industry.
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IPA pronunciation
/dɪˈtɹɔɪt/
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The post enabled him to sleep at home, and to extend his reading by the public library at Detroit.
The most embittered citizen of Detroit will never perish by his own hand while he has an automobile to tinker.
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The headquarters of the party which he formed are at Detroit, and those of the main body are at Chicago.
For example, in one precinct in Detroit forty more votes were counted against our amendment than there were voters in the district.
While practicing in Detroit I was called to see a prominent citizen who was suffering from typhoid fever.