also known as

preposition

Used to introduce an alternative name.

Meanings

preposition

alternative aka · alternative a.k.a. · alternative A.K.A. · alternative a/k/a · alternative AKA

  1. Used to introduce an alternative name.

    Synonyms: or, alias

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositionUsed to introduce an alternative name.

Similar

More synonyms by meaning

adverbas known or named at another time or place

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Basque ezizen
  • ezizenused to introduce an alternative name
Catalan altrament dit, també conegut com
  • altrament ditused to introduce an alternative name
  • també conegut comused to introduce an alternative name
Chinese Mandarin 別名 /别名
  • 別名 /别名 (biémíng)used to introduce an alternative name
Czech alias, aka
  • aliasused to introduce an alternative name
  • akaused to introduce an alternative name
Danish alias
  • aliasused to introduce an alternative name
Dutch oftewel, alias
  • oftewelused to introduce an alternative name
  • aliasused to introduce an alternative name
  • meer bekend alsused to introduce an alternative name
Estonian ehk
  • ehkused to introduce an alternative name
Finnish eli
  • eliused to introduce an alternative name
French alias, autrement dit
  • aliasused to introduce an alternative name
  • autrement ditused to introduce an alternative name
German alias
  • aliasused to introduce an alternative name
Hindi उर्फ़
  • उर्फ़ (urf)used to introduce an alternative name
Hungarian más néven, avagy
  • más névenused to introduce an alternative name
  • avagyused to introduce an alternative name
Indonesian juga dikenal sebagai
  • juga dikenal sebagaiused to introduce an alternative name
Italian alias, altrimenti detto
  • aliasused to introduce an alternative name
  • altrimenti dettoused to introduce an alternative name
Japanese またの名, 別名
  • またの名 (mata no na)used to introduce an alternative name
  • 別名used to introduce an alternative name
  • こと (koto)used to introduce an alternative name
Korean -로도 알려진
  • -로도 알려진 (-rodo allyeojin)used to introduce an alternative name
Latin sive, seu
  • siveused to introduce an alternative name
  • seuused to introduce an alternative name
Malay dikenali sebagai
  • dikenali sebagaiused to introduce an alternative name
Polish także znany jako
  • także znany jakoused to introduce an alternative name
Portuguese também conhecido como, álias
  • também conhecido comoused to introduce an alternative name
  • áliasused to introduce an alternative name
Romanian zis și, cunoscut și ca
  • zis șiused to introduce an alternative name
  • cunoscut și caused to introduce an alternative name
Russian он же, она́ же
  • он же (on že)used to introduce an alternative name
  • она́ же (oná že)used to introduce an alternative name
  • изве́стный та́кже как (izvéstnyj tákže kak)used to introduce an alternative name
  • изве́стная та́кже как (izvéstnaja tákže kak)used to introduce an alternative name
Spanish también conocido como, también conocida como
  • también conocido comoused to introduce an alternative name
  • también conocida comoused to introduce an alternative name
Swedish även känd som, alias
  • även känd somused to introduce an alternative name
  • aliasused to introduce an alternative name
Tamil என்கிற, என்னும்
  • என்கிற (eṉkiṟa)used to introduce an alternative name
  • என்னும் (eṉṉum)used to introduce an alternative name
  • என்ற (eṉṟa)used to introduce an alternative name
Thai หรือที่รู้จักในชื่อ
  • หรือที่รู้จักในชื่อ (rĕu têe róo jàk nai chêu)used to introduce an alternative name
Turkish diğer adıyla, namıdiğer
  • diğer adıylaused to introduce an alternative name
  • namıdiğerused to introduce an alternative name
Vietnamese còn gọi là, hay còn gọi là
  • còn gọi làused to introduce an alternative name
  • hay còn gọi làused to introduce an alternative name
Welsh a elwir hefyd
  • a elwir hefydused to introduce an alternative name
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