Definitions for appellation

appellation ap·pel·la·tion

Spelling: [ap-uh-ley-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌæp əˈleɪ ʃən/

Appellation is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 691 anagrams from letters in appellation (aaeillnoppt).

Definitions for appellation

noun

  1. a name, title, or designation.
  2. appellative (def 1).
  3. 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- Examples for appellation

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

This youth was named Cooper, and was never called by any other appellation in the ship.

The more I study the greater I think is its claim to the appellation of divine.

I know that Pheidias is a sculptor, and that Homer is a poet; but what appellation is given to Protagoras?

Maybe then Napa and Sonoma could get the chops to design an appellation regime of integrity.

Name Synonyms;
reputation, title, appellation, denomination, repute.

I will not recruit others to that evil cause by using that appellation—unless it is well-deserved.

By Hera, Socrates, if ever any one deserved the appellation "beautiful and good," you are that man!

More than ever the lad felt his appellation of The Wolf was well deserved.

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

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