they were called

se llamaban

So they were called the land of Cabul to this day.	Y se las llama Tierra de Cabul, hasta el día de hoy.
Their main purpose was to represent with the greatest possible accuracy coastlines and ports, for which reason they were called portolanos.	Su principal objetivo era representar, con la mayor precisión posible, las costas y los puertos —razón por lo que se las llamó portulanas —.
Together, they were called the military department of mathematics.	Juntos, ellos fueron llamados el departamento militar de las matemáticas.
At mount Sinai, they were called the house of Jacob.	En el monte Sinaí, fue llamada la casa de Jacob.
In ancient days, they were called bhavanas, or reflections.	En días antiguos, fueron llamadas los bhavanas, o las reflexiones.
In those days they were called representatives of a noble dynasty.	En aquellos días se los llamaba representantes de una noble dinastía.
In ancient days, they were called bhavanas, or reflections.	En d antiguos, fueron llamadas los bhavanas, o las reflexiones.
He creates and consumes narratives much before they were called storytelling.	Él crea y consume narrativas mucho antes de que se llamaran storytelling.
In the famed tract, they were called the Elders of Zion.	En un panfleto famoso, se les llama los Sabios de Sión.
Actually, they were called up for war and sent to us.	En realidad fueron llamados a combate y se unieron a nosotros.
Natives they were called Mosi-oa-Tunya (Thundering smoke), which perfectly captures the waterfalls.	Los nativos fueron llamados de Mosi-oa-Tunya (el humo Thundering), que captura perfectamente las cascadas.
Later, because of their supposed origin (Naples), they were called Neapolitan.	Posteriormente, y debido al lugar de procedencia (Nápoles), se denominaron napolitanos.
Because they have completed what they were called, anointed, and gifted to do.	Porque habían cumplido lo que estaban llamado, ungido, y preparado para hacer.
I actually didn't even know they were called Icelanders, growing up.	De hecho ni sabía que se les llamaban, islandeses cuando niña.
Now I don't even remember what they were called.	Ahora ni siquiera recuerdo qué nombres les dieron.
Very good, they were called men.	Muy bien, se les llamaban hombres.
I didn't know they were called CHIs.	No sabía que se denominaban HCC.
In the beginning they were called Matazetas by their deep hatred against that organization.	En sus inicios fueron llamados los Matazetas por su férreo odio contra esa organización.
Hence they were called saabi'een because they refrained from following any one particular religion.	Por eso fueron llamados saabi'ín, porque se abstenían de seguir una religión particular.
Collectively they were called mass media.	Colectivamente se conocían como los medios de masas.