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Verb: be known as
  1. View, consider, or classify someone or something in a particular way
    "The building is known as the oldest in the city";
    - think of, repute, know as, regard as, look upon, look on, take to be
     
  2. Assign a specified (usually proper) name to
    "The building came to be known as the Crystal Palace";
    - name, call, know as, christen

Derived forms: is known as, being known as, been known as, was known as

See also: deem [formal], esteem [formal], hold, take for, view as

Type of: believe, conceive, consider, label, think