Hamtramck

English

Etymology

Named for the French-Canadian soldier Jean François Hamtramck, the first American commander of Fort Shelby, the fortification at Detroit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hæmˈtɹæmɪk/
  • Audio (General American):(file)

Proper noun

Hamtramck

  1. A city in Wayne County, Michigan, United States.
    • 2023 June 15, Eli Masket and Michelle Watson, “A city in Michigan votes to permanently ban Pride flags from display on public property during Pride Month”, in CNN‎[1]:
      One individual opposed to the resolution said, “For Hamtramck to attempt to equate the LGBTQ Pride flag with hate symbols, when it is a symbol of progress and love, is now a local attack on our community.”
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Hamtramck.

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.