This is the 14259th most frequent Russian word.
остановились
"Stopped" or "paused."
Here, 'остановились' is used to mean 'stayed' or 'stopped' in the sense of choosing a location to reside temporarily.
Мы остановились в гостинице возле вокзала.
We stayed at the hotel near the train station.
In this sentence, 'остановились' refers to the action of stopping movement to do something else.
Наконец мы остановились и начали рассматривать карту.
Finally, we stopped and started looking at the map.
Here, 'остановились' figuratively means 'decided' or 'chose' to focus on a specific option among many.