HTML <cite> tag

HTML <cite> tag specifies a citation, it provides reference or title to a creative work, quoted content, books, websites, a research paper, a blog-spot, painting, etc.

The main purpose of adding <cite> element is to provide or identify the source of the quote or any content.

The content written between <cite> tag renders in the italic form on the browser, and it can be overridden using CSS in your HTML document.

Syntax

Following are some specifications about the <cite> tag

Display	Inline
Start tag/End tag	Both start and End tag
Usage	textual

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
	<title>Cite Tag</title>
 </head>
 <body>
 	<h2>Example of cite tag</h2>
	<img src="https://static.javatpoint.com/htmlpages/images/book.jpg" height="150" width="120">
              <p>A famous book:
                <cite> Learning Web Design</cite> written by Jennifer Niederst Robbins
              </p>
 </body>
</html>

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