"government name" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: government names [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} government name (plural government names)
  1. One's (partial or full) legal name, as opposed to one's nickname or street name; one's government-recognized name. Categories (topical): Government, Law Related terms: legal name, slave name
    Sense id: en-government_name-en-noun-PALwWfSx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1981, Bona Malwal, People & power in Sudan: the struggle for national stability, page 60",
          "text": "One of the most prominent tribal chiefs of the South, the late Chief Jambo of the Moru tribe, once remarked, when he was asked by his tribe how he came to acquire the Muslim name of Ibrahim, that it was his 'government name'.",
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          "ref": "2007, Matt Diehl, My So-Called Punk: Green Day, Fall Out Boy, The Distillers, Bad Religion---How Neo-Punk Stage-Dived Into the Mainstream, Macmillan, page 5",
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