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also known as

also known as

8 1.5
To give another name for a person or thing
  • idiom
translation icon : también conocido como
  • The country of Myanmar is also known as Burma.
  • also known as ISIL
  • also known as ISIS
  • also known as Assata Shakur

His name is Chris Elston, also known as Billboard Chris.

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Examples

  • Welcome to R-Force, also known as Research Force.

    The Tomorrow War (2021)

  • The Pima Indians lived in a village at the foot of Sentinel Peak (also known as "A" Mountain).

    Academic text (1996)

  • Social intelligence is also known as human engineering or "your people skills":

    Blog text (17)

  • Social intelligence is also known as "people skills" or human engineering.

    Blog text (17)

  • Passive income is also known as cash flow.

  • There, in the center, was a photo of Nick Wells, also known as Harry Fish.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The goal: million miler status on United, also known as lifetime Gold status.

    Blog text (17)

  • I'm here at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, also known as NASA.

    Space Daze (2005)

  • One of these is Hellman's, which is also known as best foods if you're on the West Coast.

  • Most marine worms are polychaetes, also known as bristleworms.

    Blog text (17)

Synonyms

to call
vsalso known as
∞ 1.0

To give a name to someone or something and sometimes to say they are a certain kind

is used to present an alternative name rather than perform naming
to name
vsalso known as
974 1.0

To say the word that identifies a person or thing

is used to state an alternative identity rather than just mention someone
to dub
vsalso known as
78 4.8

To give an unofficial name to a person or thing

is a phrase that presents an alternative name, not the act of naming
to nickname
vsalso known as
  • Informal
49 2.0

To give an informal name to a person, place, or thing that shows something about it

is a neutral way to present an alternate identity, not to create it
to go under
vsalso known as
8 6.5

Be known by another name

is used to state an alternative name rather than describe being known
a.k.a.
vsalso known as
4.2

To show another name for a person or thing

is the full phrase used to indicate another name
vulgo
vsalso known as
  • Archaic
9.9

Put before a name to show someone is commonly called that

is a neutral marker, not specifically legal or historical
to yclept
vsalso known as
  • Archaic
9.9

To call someone by a name in old writing to show who they are

is the modern neutral way to state another name
hight
vsalso known as
  • Archaic
9.9

Having a name that comes after the noun

is the ordinary present-day phrase for showing another identity

Surface Forms

also known as positive

Morphology

also + known + as

The meaning 'also called' is directly derivable from the constituents: 'also' (additionally) + 'known' (recognized/called) + 'as' (in the capacity/under the name), so a learner who knows the words can infer the phrase denotes an additional name or identity. This is a common, compositional English pattern and has clear equivalents in many languages, making it immediately understandable at B1.

Etymology

Also known as comes from the simple image of adding a second name. Imagine a person with two name tags and she is also known as 'Maya', so the phrase shows 'another name' someone or something is called.