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MOTOR CITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Motor City mean? 

MOTOR CITY (noun)
  The noun MOTOR CITY has 1 sense:

1. the largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port; center of the United States automobile industry; located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsorplay

  Familiarity information: MOTOR CITY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOTOR CITY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port; center of the United States automobile industry; located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Detroit; Motor City; Motown

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Motor City" is a part of...):

Great Lakes State; MI; Mich.; Michigan; Wolverine State (a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region)


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