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See also: becalled

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to have a specific name

Belarusian: называ́цца impf ‎(nazyvácca)
Bulgarian: ка́звам се impf ‎(kázvam se), нари́чам се (bg) impf ‎(naríčam se)
Burmese: ခေါ် (my) ‎(hkau)
Catalan: dir-se (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 叫 (zh) ‎(jiào), 稱為 (zh), 称为 (zh) ‎(chēngwéi)
Czech: jmenovat se (cs) impf
Danish: hedde (da)
Dutch: heten (nl)
Esperanto: nomiĝi
Finnish: kutsutaan
French: s'appeler (fr), se nommer (fr)
Galician: chamarse
German: heißen (de), sich nennen (de)
Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 ‎(haitan)
Greek: λέγομαι (el) ‎(légomai)
Icelandic: heita (is)
Ido: nomesar (io)
Italian: chiamarsi
Japanese: ...と言う (ja) ‎(...という, ... to iu), ...という (ja) ‎(...という, ... to iu), ...と申す (ja) ‎(...ともうす, ... to mōsu) (humble)

Khmer: ឈ្មោះ (km) ‎(chmʊəh)
Korean: ...(이)라고 부르다 (ko) ‎(...(i)rago bureuda)
Lao: ຊື່ ‎(sư̄)
Macedonian: се ви́ка ‎(se víka)
Norwegian: hete (no)
Old English: hātan
Old Norse: heita
Persian: گفته شدن ‎(gofté šodán)
Polish: nazywać się (pl) impf
Portuguese: chamar-se
Russian: называ́ться (ru) impf ‎(nazyvátʹsja), именова́ться (ru) impf ‎(imenovátʹsja)
Serbo-Croatian: (reflexive) zvati (sh), звати
Slovak: volať sa impf
Slovene: imenovati se (sl) impf
Spanish: llamarse (es)
Swedish: heta (sv)
Thai: ชื่อ (th) ‎(chêu)
Turkish: çağrılabilir
Ukrainian: назива́тися impf ‎(nazyvátysja)
Vietnamese: được gọi là (vi)
Volapük: panemön (vo)

See the verb to be