appellation
noun
[ ˌapəˈleɪʃ(ə)n ]
• a name or title.
• "the city fully justifies its appellation ‘the Pearl of the Orient’"
Similar:
name,
title,
designation,
denomination,
honorific,
tag,
epithet,
label,
sobriquet,
byname,
nickname,
moniker,
handle,
cognomen,
Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin appellatio(n- ), from the verb appellare (see appeal).
appellation
noun
• an appellation contrôlée.
• "about 20 per cent of French wines with an appellation come from Alsace"
Origin:
abbreviation of appellation (d'origine) contrôlée .
