From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishappellationap‧pel‧la‧tion /ˌæpəˈleɪʃən/ noun [countable] literaryNAME OF A THING a name or title
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appellation• And here was his whole formal appellation, as if he were her lawyer or insurance agent.• The second appellation is somewhat more surprising.• Nor are we given any indication of how, precisely, Pilate intended the appellation to be understood.• This sounds expensive but this is no ordinary representative of the appellation.• The appellation covers the whole of Burgundy.• The eventual urban appellations reflected the flavor of the individual faces: New York, Geneva, Chicago, and so on. 