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Detroit is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan.
Detroit may also refer to:
Geography
Geographic features
- A strait (the French loanword appears in various English toponyms)
Communities
- United States
- Detroit, Alabama
- Detroit, Illinois
- Detroit, Kansas
- Detroit, Maine
- Detroit, Oregon
- Detroit, Texas
- Detroit Beach, Michigan
- Detroit Harbor, Wisconsin
- Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
- Detroit Township, Minnesota
Other geographical locations
- United States
- Detroit Island, an island
- Detroit Lake, a reservoir in Oregon
- Canada-United States
- Detroit River, connects Lake St. Clair with Lake Erie
- Pacific Ocean
- Detroit Seamount, a seamount in the northern Pacific Ocean
Music
- Detroit (band), a rock group formed by Mitch Ryder
- Détroit, French musical duo of Bertrand Cantat and Pascal Humbert
Albums
- "Detroit (mixtape)", by Detroit native Big Sean
- Detroit, 2009 jazz album by Gerald Wilson
Songs
- "Detroit", from the 1967 Disney musical film The Happiest Millionaire
- "Detroit" (Whiteout song), from the 1995 album Bite It by Whiteout
- "Detroit", from the 1997 album White Trash Hell by Everclear
- "Detroit", from the 2009 album All I Have to Offer Is My Own Confusion by Fireworks
- "Detroit", from the 2003 album A Drug Problem That Never Existed by Mondo Generator
- "Detroit '67", from the 2008 album Love at the End of the World by Sam Roberts
- "Detroit", from the 1993 album Self Titled by Rancid
- "Detroit", by the virtual band Gorillaz from the 2010 album The Fall
People
- Marcella Detroit, singer, musician and song-writer
- Karl Detroit, Turkish soldier better known as Mehemet Ali
Military and historical
- Operation Detroit, a part of the Normandy invasion in World War II
- HMS Detroit, the name of two British warships
- USS Detroit, the name of several US Navy ships
- Fort Detroit, a fort occupied during the 18th century
- Fort Shelby (Michigan), also called Fort Lernoult and commonly referred to as Fort Detroit during the War of 1812
Sports
Any of several teams based in Detroit, Michigan and its metropolitan area:
- Detroit Lions, National Football League
- Detroit Pistons, National Basketball Association
- Detroit Red Wings, National Hockey League
- Detroit Tigers, Major League Baseball
- Detroit Titans, the athletic program of the University of Detroit Mercy
Games
- Detroit: Become Human, a upcoming video game developed by Quantic Dream for the PlayStation 4
- Detroit (computer game), a 1993 computer game developed by Impressions Games
Other uses
- Nathan Detroit, a fictional character in the musical Guys and Dolls
- Detroit (play), a play by Lisa D'Amour
Automotives
- The US automotive industry, including the US Big Three automobile manufacturers
- Abbott-Detroit, an automobile manufactured between 1909–19
- Detroit Diesel Corporation, a manufacturer of automotive engines
- Detroit Electric, an early automobile manufacturer
- Detroit Assembly, a General Motors assembly plant making Cadillacs
- Detroit Cyclecar, a cyclecar built in Detroit, from 1913–14
- Detroit Steam Motors Corporation, a steam car built in Detroit, in 1922
- Detroit-Dearborn, an automobile built in Dearborn, from 1910–11
- Detroit (Detroit Auto Vehicle Company), the first automotive venture involving Henry Ford
- Detroit (Wheeler Manufacturing), an automobile built in Detroit, in 1904
- Detroit Automobile Company, an automobile built in Detroit, from 1905–06
- Detroit-Oxford, an automobile built in Detroit, from 1905–06
- Downing-Detroit, a cycle car built in Detroit from 1913–15
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