"a name unfamiliar to most"; "be alert at night especially in unfamiliar surroundings"
is similar to
not known before
"used many strange words"; "saw many strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into the house"
is similar to
having little or no knowledge of
"unacquainted with city ways"
see also
relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world
"foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city"
see also
not known
"an unknown amount"; "an unknown island"; "an unknown writer"; "an unknown source"
is an attribute of
usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known