Sentence examples for it was first called from inspiring English sources

The High School, as it was first called, opened its doors on October 20, 1839, with 46 students and one teacher/professor, Nathan C. Brooks (1809 1898), who also served as first principal.

Capital of the Bellovaci tribe, it was first called Caesaromagus after its capture by Julius Caesar in 52 bc, and later Civitas de Bellovacis.

It was first called the Grand Central, but its name was changed to its present one in 1892.

Its origins in 2000 were not in energy; it was first called Freereal-Timequote and then LondonManhattan.com.

Founded in 1875, it was first called Otero, after a Spanish settler; its present name is Spanish for "the junction," referring to its location at the convergence of the old Santa Fe and Navajo trails.

Founded in 1835 by settlers from New York, it was first called Pike Creek, then was called Southport for its importance as a shipping centre, and in 1850 was renamed Kenosha, derived from the Potawatomi term for "pike," or "pickerel".

The chronology is that my parents' shop on the King's Road when it was first opened was called Let It Rock.

When it was first issued it was called "Etiquette: In Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home".

"Under this model, it's first come first served, whoever calls fastest.

It was at first called Malcolmpeth, named for a governor of the British East India Company.

Among the Tea Party base that Mrs. Bachmann courts, it is second nature to call President Obama a "socialist".