No. 4,708 in Polish
nazywał
"Called" or "was calling" (past tense of "to call/name").
In a sentence
On kiedyś nazywał ten park Zielonym Ogrodem.
He used to call this park the Green Garden.
In this sentence, 'nazywał' is used to indicate a past habitual action of naming or referring to an object or place by a particular name.
Mój dziadek nazywał się Jan.
My grandfather's name was Jan.
Here, 'nazywał' is part of 'nazywał się,' meaning 'his name was,' expressing the name identification of a person in the past tense.
W dawnych czasach ludzie nazywali te gwiazdy Wędrowcami.
In ancient times, people called these stars Wanderers.
In this example, 'nazywał' appears as part of 'nazywali,' referring to the act of naming or referring to something by a certain term in a past context with a plural subject.
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