Motown
noun [U] /ˈməʊ.taʊn/
/ˈmoʊ-/ trademarkDefinition
› a type of popular music that was produced an American record company based in Detroit in the 1960s and 70sPop, rock and soul
(Definition of Motown noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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