No. 13,408 in Russian
назывались
"Назывались" - "were called"
In a sentence
Эти города раньше назывались иначе.
These cities were called differently before.
Past tense verb, used to indicate the previous name of subjects (cities).
Когда вы назывались этой группой, у вас было больше участников.
When you called yourselves that group, you had more members.
Reflexive verb, referring to self-naming or identification by a name.
Все корабли, построенные в том году, назывались в честь героев войны.
All ships built that year were named after war heroes.
Reflexive past passive form, indicating objects (ships) receiving names.
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