be called

verb

To have a specific name.

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Meanings

verbbe called (highly irregular; see conjugation table)

first person present singular am called · first person present singular 'm called · first person past singular was called · present second person singular are called · present second person singular 're called · past second person singular were called · present singular third person is called · present singular third person 's called · past singular third person was called · plural present are called · plural present 're called · past plural were called · past subjunctive were called · participle present being called · participle past been called

  1. To have a specific name.

    Chiang-tzu is situated on the east back of Nien-ch'u River, a tributary of Yalutsangpo River. This is one of three large cities in Tibet. Chiang-tzu is renowned for producing Tibetan rugs, and so is called the "Home of the Tibetan Rug".

    Chung-kuo Fen-sheng Ti-t'u

    1964 October 26 [1963 August], Provincial Atlas of China [Chung-kuo Fen-sheng Ti-t'u], Joint Publications Research Service, sourced from Chung-kuo Fen-sheng Ti-t'u, Atlas Publishing House, Peiping, 16th Printing, pp 1-66, translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, page 55

Translations

Arabic سُمِّيَ
  • سُمِّيَ (summiya)to have a specific name
Bulgarian ка́звам се, нари́чам се
  • ка́звам се (kázvam se)to have a specific name
  • нари́чам се (naríčam se)to have a specific name
Catalan dir-se
  • dir-seto have a specific name
Chinese Cantonese 叫
  • 叫 (giu³)to have a specific name
Chinese Mandarin 叫, 稱為 /称为
  • 叫 (jiào)to have a specific name
  • 稱為 /称为 (chēngwéi)to have a specific name
Czech jmenovat se
  • jmenovat seto have a specific name
Danish hedde
  • heddeto have a specific name
Dutch heten
  • hetento have a specific name
Esperanto nomiĝi
  • nomiĝito have a specific name
Finnish kutsutaan, olla nimeltään
  • kutsutaanto have a specific name
  • olla nimeltäänto have a specific name
  • olla nimeltäto have a specific name
French s'appeler, se nommer
  • s'appelerto have a specific name
  • se nommerto have a specific name
German heißen, sich nennen
  • heißento have a specific name
  • sich nennento have a specific name
Greek λέγομαι, ονομάζομαι
  • λέγομαι (légomai)to have a specific name
  • ονομάζομαι (onomázomai)to have a specific name
Hungarian hívják, hívnak
  • hívjákto have a specific name
  • hívnakto have a specific name
Icelandic heita
  • heitato have a specific name
Italian chiamarsi
  • chiamarsito have a specific name
Japanese ...と言う, ...という
  • ...と言う (... to iu)to have a specific name
  • ...という (... to iu)to have a specific name
  • ...と申す (... to mōsu)to have a specific name
Korean ...(이)라고 불리다
  • ...(이)라고 불리다to have a specific name
Latin nominor
  • nominorto have a specific name
Norwegian Bokmål hete
  • heteto have a specific name
Persian گفته شدن
  • گفته شدن (gofte šodan)to have a specific name
Polish nazywać się
  • nazywać sięto have a specific name
Portuguese chamar-se
  • chamar-seto have a specific name
Romanian se numi, se chema
  • se numito have a specific name
  • se chemato have a specific name
Russian называ́ться, именова́ться
  • называ́ться (nazyvátʹsja)to have a specific name
  • именова́ться (imenovátʹsja)to have a specific name
Slovak volať sa, menovať sa
  • volať sato have a specific name
  • menovať sato have a specific name
Spanish llamarse, decirse
  • llamarseto have a specific name
  • decirseto have a specific name
Swedish heta
  • hetato have a specific name
Thai ชื่อ, เรียกว่า
  • ชื่อ (chʉ̂ʉ)to have a specific name
  • เรียกว่า (rîiak-wâa)to have a specific name
Turkish çağrılabilir
  • çağrılabilirto have a specific name
Ukrainian назива́тися
  • назива́тися (nazyvátysja)to have a specific name
Vietnamese được gọi là
  • được gọi làto have a specific name
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Chicago

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