'Metonym is a figure of speech used in rhetoric in which a thing or concept is not called by its own name, but by the name of something intimately associated with that thing or concept. For instance, "London," as the capital of the United Kingdom, could be used as a metonym for its government.'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy
A few more examples...
Yellow Cab - New York
Red Phone Box - London
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