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renowned
adjective
widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter" [syn: celebrated]

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reˈnowned adjective

famous
Example: He is renowned for his paintings; a renowned actress

Arabic:	مَشْهور
Chinese (Simplified):	有名望的
Chinese (Traditional):	有名望的
Czech:	slavný
Danish:	berømt
Dutch:	vermaard
Estonian:	kuulus
Finnish:	maineikas
French:	renommé
German:	berühmt
Greek:	φημισμένος, ξακουστός
Hungarian:	híres
Icelandic:	frægur
Indonesian:	termashur
Italian:	rinomato, famoso

Japanese:	有名な
Korean:	유명한, 명성 있는
Latvian:	slavens
Lithuanian:	pagarsėjęs, žymus
Norwegian:	berømt, navngjeten
Polish:	sławny
Portuguese (Brazil):	famoso
Portuguese (Portugal):	famoso
Romanian:	renumit
Russian:	известный
Slovak:	slávny
Slovenian:	sloveč
Spanish:	de renombre, famoso
Swedish:	berömd, namnkunnig
Turkish:	ünlü, şöhretli

See also: renown, "renowned" in any language

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Renowned

Fa"mous\, a. [L. famosus, fr. fama fame: cf. F. fameux. See Fame.] Celebrated in fame or public report; renowned; mach talked of; distinguished in story; -- used in either a good or a bad sense, chiefly the former; often followed by for; as, famous for erudition, for eloquence, for military skill; a famous pirate.

Famous for a scolding tongue. --Shak.

Syn: Noted; remarkable; signal; conspicuous; celebrated; renowned; illustrious; eminent; transcendent; excellent.

Usage: Famous, Renowned, Illustrious. Famous is applied to a person or thing widely spoken of as extraordinary; renowned is applied to those who are named again and again with honor; illustrious, to those who have dazzled the world by the splendor of their deeds or their virtues. See Distinguished.

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