Detroit (disambiguation)

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Detroit usually refers to the city of Detroit, Michigan or to the surrounding Metro Detroit area.

Detroit may also refer to the following communities:

• Detroit, Alabama
• Detroit, Illinois
• Detroit, Maine
• Detroit, Oregon
• Detroit, Texas
• Detroit Beach, Michigan
• Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
• Detroit Township, Minnesota

Other geographical place-names:

• Detroit Lake, a reservoir in Oregon
• Detroit River, connection Lake St. Clair with Lake Erie
• Detroit Seamount - a seamount in the northern Pacific Ocean

Other possible references include:

• Detroit techno, a type of electronic music
• Operation Detroit, a part of the Normandy invasion in World War II
• HMS Detroit, a British warship
• USS Detroit, the name of several US Navy ships
• estilo Detroit ("Detroit-style"), a Mexican slang term referring to anal intercourse
• Marcella Detroit, a singer, musician and song-writer
• Karl Detroit, a Turkish soldier better known as Mehemet Ali
• Fort Detroit, a fort occupied during the 18th century
• Fort Shelby, also called Fort Lernoult and commonly referred to as Fort Detroit during the War of 1812
• Detroit, a 1993 computer game developed by Impressions Games.
• Nathan Detroit, a fictional character in the musical Guys and Dolls
• Detroit (band), a rock group formed by Mitch Ryder

For Automobile references:

• The United States automobile industry as a whole
• 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