Detroit is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan.

Detroit may also refer to:

Other places

  • Detroit, Alabama, U.S.
  • Detroit, Illinois, U.S.
  • Detroit, Kansas, U.S.
  • Detroit, Maine, U.S.
  • Detroit Township, Becker County, Minnesota, U.S.
  • Detroit, Oregon, U.S.
  • Detroit, Texas, U.S.
  • Detroit Beach, Michigan, U.S.
  • Detroit Harbor, Wisconsin, U.S.
  • Detroit Harbor (bay)
  • Detroit Island, Wisconsin, U.S.
  • Detroit Lake, a reservoir in Oregon, U.S.
  • Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, U.S.
  • Detroit River, at the Canada-United States border
  • Detroit Seamount, in the Pacific Ocean

Arts and entertainment

Film, television and theatre

  • Detroit (film), a 2017 American period crime drama film
  • Detroit (play), by Lisa D'Amour, 2010
  • Nathan Detroit, a fictional character in the musical Guys and Dolls

Gaming

  • Detroit (video game), 1993
  • Detroit: Become Human, a 2018 video game

Music

Groups

  • Detroit (band), a rock group formed by Mitch Ryder
  • Détroit, French musical duo of Bertrand Cantat and Pascal Humbert

Albums

  • Detroit (mixtape), by Big Sean, 2012
  • Detroit (Gerald Wilson album), 2009
  • Yusef Lateef's Detroit, 1969

Songs

  • "Detroit", from the 1967 Disney musical film The Happiest Millionaire
  • "Detroit" (song), by Whiteout from the 1995 album Bite It by Whiteout
  • "Detroit", by Everclear from the 1997 album White Trash Hell
  • "Detroit", by Fireworks from the 2009 album All I Have to Offer Is My Own Confusion
  • "Detroit", by Mondo Generator from the 2003 album A Drug Problem That Never Existed
  • "Detroit '67", by Sam Roberts from the 2008 album Love at the End of the World
  • "Detroit", by Rancid from the 1993 album Rancid
  • "Detroit", by Gorillaz from the 2010 album The Fall

Automotive industry

  • Detroit (Wheeler Manufacturing), an automobile, 1904
  • Detroit Assembly, a General Motors assembly plant making Cadillacs
  • Detroit Automobile Company, in Detroit 1905–1906
  • Detroit Auto Vehicle Company, an early automobile manufacturer
  • Detroit Cyclecar, a cyclecar 1913–1914
  • Detroit Diesel, a manufacturer of engines
  • Detroit Electric, an early automobile manufacturer
  • Detroit Steam Motors Corporation, an early steam car manufacturer
  • Detroit-Dearborn, an early automobile manufacturer
  • Detroit-Oxford, an automobile 1905–1906
  • Downing-Detroit, a cyclecar 1913–1915
  • Abbott-Detroit, an automobile 1909–1919

Military

  • HMS Detroit, the name of two British warships
  • USS Detroit, the name of several US Navy ships
  • Fort Detroit, on the north bank of the Detroit River 1701–1796
  • Fort Shelby (Michigan), renamed Fort Detroit in 1805
  • Mission Detroit, a part of the Normandy invasion in World War II

People

  • Marcella Detroit, singer, musician and songwriter
  • Mehmed Ali Pasha (1827–1878), born Ludwig Karl Friedrich Detroit

Sports

  • Detroit Lions, National Football League
  • Detroit Pistons, National Basketball Association
  • Detroit Red Wings, National Hockey League
  • Detroit Tigers, Major League Baseball
  • Detroit Mercy Titans, the athletic program of the University of Detroit Mercy

Other uses

  • Detroit (horse) (1977–2001), a French racehorse
  • Detroit: Race Riots, Racial Conflicts, and Efforts to Bridge the Racial Divide, a 2013 book

See also

  • Big Three (automobile manufacturers)#United States, all three based in Detroit
  • Strait (the French loanword appears in various English toponyms)
  • Detroiters, an American TV comedy series