be called
verb1
To have a specific name.
- Chiang-tzu is situated on the east back of Nien-ch'u River, a tributary of Yalutsangpo River. This is one of three large cities in Tibet. Chiang-tzu is renowned for producing Tibetan rugs, and so is called the "Home of the Tibetan Rug".1964 October 26 [1963 August], Provincial Atlas of China [Chung-kuo Fen-sheng Ti-t'u], Joint Publications Research Service, sourced from Chung-kuo Fen-sheng Ti-t'u, Atlas Publishing House, Peiping, 16th Printing, pp 1-66, translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, page 55: