A small brush fire that started Monday around 11 p.m. in Malibu has since burned over 2,000 acres according to a map maintained by fire officials. The fire started near Pepperdine University at South Malibu Canyon Road and Francisco Ranch Road and has since been coined the “Franklin Fire.”

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    has been coined the “Franklin Fire”.

    “Dubbed” or “named” or “termed” or such.

    To “coin” X is to create a new word X rather than to name a thing; it’s not a synonym for the above words.

    He coined the word “spork”.