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motown
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun motown has 1 sense
- motown(n = noun.location) detroit, motor city - 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; Array is a kind of city, metropolis, urban center, port
is a part of great lakes state, mi, michigan, wolverine state
OXFORD DICTIONARY
motown, n. music with rhythm and blues elements, associated with Detroit.
Etymology
shortening of Motor Town, a name for Detroit
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