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Fordtown

Fordtown proper noun: nickname for Detroit: the largest city in Michigan, United States.

Proper noun

Fordtown

  1. Nickname for Detroit: the largest city in Michigan, United States.
  2. An unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States.

Synonyms of Fordtown

Origin of Fordtown

From Ford + town and ford + town. * (Detroit, Michigan): From the original base of the Ford Motor Company's large factories, and its dominance of the early automobile industry.

Questions about Fordtown

What does Fordtown mean?
Fordtown means nickname for Detroit: the largest city in Michigan, United States.
What part of speech is Fordtown?
Fordtown is a proper noun.

Words near Fordtown in the dictionary

  1. fordrying
  2. fords
  3. Fords Bridge
  4. Fordson
  5. Fordsons
  6. Fordtown
  7. fordull
  8. Fordwich
  9. fordy
  10. Fordyce
  11. Fordyce granule

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