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===Nicknames=== {{Main|Nicknames of Detroit}} Known as the world's automotive center,<ref>Lawrence, Peter (2009).[http://www.cdf.org/issue_journal/interview_with_michigans_governor.html Interview with Michigan's Governor] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120031101/http://www.cdf.org/issue_journal/interview_with_michigans_governor.html |date=November 20, 2008 }}, Corporate Design Foundation. Retrieved on May 1, 2009.</ref> "Detroit" is a [[Metonymy|metonym]] for [[Automotive industry in the United States|that industry]].<ref name=Britannica>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://student.britannica.com/comptons/article-204598/Michigan |title=Michigan Cities |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |access-date=April 8, 2007 |quote=[Detroit] is the automobile capital of the world |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012230850/http://student.britannica.com/comptons/article-204598/Michigan |archive-date=October 12, 2007 }}</ref> It is an important source of popular music legacies celebrated by the city's two familiar nicknames, the ''Motor City'' and ''[[Motown]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sae.org/congress/|title=SAE World Congress convenes in Detroit|access-date=April 12, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210095927/http://www.sae.org/congress/|archive-date=February 10, 2007}}</ref> Other nicknames arose in the 20th century, including ''City of Champions'', beginning in the 1930s for its successes in individual and team sport;<ref name="City_of_Champions">{{cite web |last=Zacharias |first=Patricia |date=August 22, 2000 |title=Detroit, the City of Champions |url=http://info.detnews.com/redesign/history/story/historytemplate.cfm?id=91 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130110201930/http://info.detnews.com/redesign/history/story/historytemplate.cfm?id=91 |archive-date=January 10, 2013 |access-date=May 5, 2009 |work=Michigan History, The Detroit News}}</ref> ''The D''; ''[[Hockeytown]]'' (a trademark owned by the [[Detroit Red Wings]]); ''Rock City'' (after the [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] song "[[Detroit Rock City]]"); and ''The [[Area code 313|313]]'' (its telephone area code).{{efn|Commemorated in the movie ''[[8 Mile (film)|8 Mile]]'' (2002)}}<ref name=Almanac2/>
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