otherwise known as

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—used to indicate a different name that people know or that a person uses France's King Louis XIV, otherwise known as the Sun King

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“Otherwise known as.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/otherwise%20known%20as. Accessed 3 Oct. 2022.

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