Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A name, title, or designation.
  • noun A protected name under which a wine may be sold, indicating that the grapes used are of a specific kind from a specific district.
  • noun The act of naming.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of appealing from a lower to a higher court or authority; appeal.
  • noun The act of appealing for aid, sympathy, etc.; entreaty.
  • noun The act of naming; nomenclature.
  • noun The word by which a person or thing is called and known; name; title.
  • noun In logic, the acceptation of a term to denote an existing thing.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete The act of appealing; appeal.
  • noun The act of calling by a name.
  • noun The word by which a particular person or thing is called and known; name; title; designation.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A name, title, or designation.
  • noun An indication for wine that describes its geographic origin.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

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

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From Old French, from Latin appellātiō ("a naming").

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Examples

  • I ain't even in the biz, but even I know that the correct appellation is neither "movie" nor "film".

    Love Affairs 2007

  • The Bourgogne Passetoutgrains appellation is relatively small so it is not as easy to find these wines as it is to find those of larger appellations.

    Curing a cold with wild mushroom soup Michele 2005

  • The Bourgogne Passetoutgrains appellation is relatively small so it is not as easy to find these wines as it is to find those of larger appellations.

    A little wine, a lot of chocolate.. WBW13 Michele 2005

  • But the appellation is misleading: the oligarchs rose to prominence not by building railroads and industries but by exploiting antiquated pricing systems, disorganized legal codes, and — most important — Soviet-era connections with the government.

    Russia Is Finished 2001

  • But the appellation is misleading: the oligarchs rose to prominence not by building railroads and industries but by exploiting antiquated pricing systems, disorganized legal codes, and — most important — Soviet-era connections with the government.

    Russia Is Finished 2001

  • “Bhante Ngasena, I speak no lie: the word ‘chariot’ is but a way of counting, term appellation, convenient designation, and name for pole, axle, wheels, chariot-body, and banner-staff.

    There Is No Ego. II. The Doctrine. 1. Translated from the Milindapañha (251). 1909

  • Now, a distinctive appellation is one of the first necessities of life, whether savage or civilized; and in an age when proper names, and the occupations from which proper names

    Pharaohs, Fellahs and Explorers 1891

  • Their former appellation is supposed to be derived either from the name of their founder Hassan, or from the word hashish, said to be a preparation from hemp, of highly intoxicating power, which was drunk by the Fedwees previously to the execution of the orders of their chief, to slay.

    Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia 1856

  • But Orly Taitz, an attorney who is the most prominent face of the birther movement, has disavowed the word, writing in a legal motion that is part of a case challenging Obama's authority as commander in chief that birther is "a pejorative appellation" that is "often coupled with even more colorful epithets."

    NYT > Home Page By LESLIE SAVAN 2009

  • Yet an obstinate remnant still adhered to the religion and liberty of their ancestors, and the war of Honain derived a proper appellation from the idols, whom Mahomet had vowed to destroy, and whom the confederates of Tayef had sworn to defend.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

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  • Among other things:

    A protected name under which a wine may be sold, indicating that the grapes used are of a specific kind from a specific district.

    July 21, 2007

  • “True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.”

    ― George Washington

    September 21, 2018