government name

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government name

noun government names

  1. One's (partial or full) legal name, as opposed to one's nickname or street name; one's government-recognized name. One of the most prominent tribal chiefs of the South, the late Chief Jambo of the Moru tribe, once remarked, when he was asked by his tribe how he came to acquire the Muslim name of Ibrahim, that it was his 'government name'.

    Similar: legal name, wallet name

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@misc{government_name_2026,
  title = {government name},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/government%20name},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}