[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

appellation \ap`pella"tion\, n. l. appellatio, fr. appellare:
   cf. f. appellation. see appeal.
   1. the act of appealing; appeal. obs. --spenser.
      1913 webster

   2. the act of calling by a name.
      1913 webster

   3. the word by which a particular person or thing is called
      and known; name; title; designation.
      1913 webster

            they must institute some persons under the
            appellation of magistrates.           --hume.
      1913 webster

   syn: see name.
        1913 webster
see also:
appeal name 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

appellation
     n : identifying word or words by which someone or something is
         called and classified or distinguished from others syn:
         denomination, designation, appellative
see also:
denomination designation appellative 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

40 moby thesaurus words for "appellation":
   appellative, baptism, binomen, binomial name, byword, calling,
   christening, cognomen, cryptonym, definition, denomination,
   designation, empty title, epithet, eponym, euonym, handle,
   honorific, hyponym, identification, label, moniker, name, namesake,
   naming, nicknaming, nomen, nomen nudum, proper name, proper noun,
   scientific name, secret name, style, styling, tag, tautonym,
   terming, title, trinomen, trinomial name

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