Appellation Definition

ăpə-lāshən
appellations
noun
appellations
A name, title, or designation.
American Heritage
The act of calling by a name.
Webster's New World
A protected name under which a wine may be sold, indicating that the grapes used are of a specific kind from a specific district.
American Heritage
A name or title that describes or identifies a person or thing; designation.
Webster's New World
The act of naming.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Appellation

Noun

Singular:
appellation
Plural:
appellations

Origin of Appellation

  • Middle English appelacion from Old French appelation from Latin appellātiō appellātiōn- from appellātus past participle of appellāre to entreat appeal Sense 2, from French appellation (d’origine contrôlée) (registered vintage) trade name from appellation trade name from Old French appelation

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the Old French apellatiun, from the Latin appellātiō (“a naming”).

    From Wiktionary

Appellation Sentence Examples

  • It was he who described the appellation D.D.

  • The appellation then became general, and occurs frequently in Ammianus Marcellinus.

  • According to the Hebrew consonants it might simply be read "the king" (melek), an appellation for the supreme deity of a Semitic state or tribe.

  • Captain John Smith, in his History of Virginia (1626), at p. 27 speaks of "Martins, Powlecats, Weesels and Minkes," showing that the animal must at that time have been distinguished by a vernacular appellation from its congeners.

  • South of the Meuse, and in the district distinguished by the appellation " Between Sambre and Meuse," the level is still greater, and the whole of the province of Luxemburg is above 500 ft., with altitudes up to 1650 ft.

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Words Starting With

AAPAPP

Words Ending With

NONION

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Words Starting With A and Ending With N

Starts With A & Ends With NStarts With AP & Ends With NStarts With A & Ends With ON

Word Length

11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With A11 Letter Words Ending With N