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DictionaryappellationName or designation
noun

appellation

ap-uh-LAY-shun/ˌæpəˈleɪʃn/

A name or title used to identify someone or something.

The appellation on her badge identifies her as Maya.

A woman points to an identifying badge bearing the name MAYA.
Etymology
appellLatinto address, name
+ationLatinaction or result

Latin appellare covered both addressing people and naming them. Its action noun could mean a name or title—the designation by which someone or something is called.

In context

Koło Naukowe Prawa Kanonicznego TBSP UJ11:45
it means something like belonging to the people San Jerome derived the term Layman from the Greek Laos people in the early church the faithful who called themselves by the appellation Saints
Laity and Clergy-Some Historical Lines of Development and Relationship - fr. dr Harald Tripp

More examples

  • The village acquired its unusual appellation centuries ago.
  • The wine bears a recognized regional appellation.
  • Local residents use several appellations for the same hill.

Forms

appellation · appellations

Similar words

name
The ordinary term without formal or specialized associations.
designation
Often an official assigned name or classification.