appellation

[ ap-uh-ley-shuh n ]

/ ˌæp əˈleɪ ʃən /

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noun

a name, title, or designation.

the act of naming.

Origin of appellation

1400–50; late Middle English appelacion < Old French < Latin appellātiōn- (stem of appellātiō) a naming, equivalent to appellāt(us) (see appellate) + -iōn- -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM appellation

mis·ap·pel·la·tion, noun

Words nearby appellation

appeasement, appel, appellant, appellate, appellate division, appellation, appellation contrôlée, appellative, appellee, appellor, append

Example sentences from the Web for appellation

In the U.S. the equivalent of an appellation is called an American Viticultural Area.

Napa’s Earthquake Is Not The Only Thing Shaking The Vineyards |Clive Irving |August 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Maybe then Napa and Sonoma could get the chops to design an appellation regime of integrity.

Napa’s Earthquake Is Not The Only Thing Shaking The Vineyards |Clive Irving |August 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Name Synonyms; reputation, title, appellation, denomination, repute.

Rogue L.A. Cop’s Facebook Manifesto: ‘You Will Now Live the Life of Prey’ |The Daily Beast |February 8, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
I will not recruit others to that evil cause by using that appellation—unless it is well-deserved.

Seeking A Realistic Mature Discussion About "Settlements" |Gil Troy |February 7, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Frosts in mid-April destroyed nearly 10 percent of the appellation's crop, with losses as high as 40 percent in some areas.

Bad News for the Bubbly: Champagne Suffers Worst Season in Decades |The Telegraph |August 17, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
And at length I, Oinos, speaking some low words, demanded of the shadow its dwelling and its appellation.

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe |Edgar Allan Poe
It is to this that I reserve especially the appellation of grace.

The Aesthetical Essays |Friedrich Schiller
It is also compounded with Cham, as in Orchamus, a common Babylonish appellation.

A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. |Jacob Bryant
It was a movement of sudden restlessness as if that appellation on her lips disturbed him.

The Man in the Twilight |Ridgwell Cullum
So you did, so you did, and may I live to acknowledge that I richly deserve the appellation.

Who? |Elizabeth Kent

British Dictionary definitions for appellation

appellation

/ (ˌæpɪˈleɪʃən) /

noun

an identifying name or title

the act of naming or giving a title to

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appellation

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