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named

/neɪmd/

Rhymes with -eɪmd

adjective

not comparable Having a name. The county contains various named streams and several unnamed ones.
Opposite: unnamed
not comparable An argument that is passed to a subroutine according to its name in the invocation code, rather than on its position; compare with positional.

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of name Near-synonym: called (verb)
Similar: called

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: called, onymous, titled, surname, designation, designated, designate, so-called, cited, nominated, nomination, stated, listed, declared, noted, known

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adj having a name

Français	nommé
Ελληνικά	ονοματισμένος onomatisménos, ονοματιζόμενος onomatizómenos, ονόματι onómati

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@misc{named_2026,
  title = {named},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/named},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}