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known as something

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If someone or something is known as a particular name, that person or thing is called by that name:
And this is Terry, otherwise known as "Muscleman."
He worked for a notorious criminal known as Baby Face.
The building is known as "the Gherkin" because of its shape.
The painting is known as the Vaughn portrait.
The aircraft became known as "the Flying Flapjack."
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(Definition of known as something from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of known as something

in Chinese (Traditional)
被稱作…的, 以…聞名的…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
被称作…的, 以…闻名的…
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