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appellation

ap·pel·la·tion

US/ˌæpəˈleɪʃən/ uncommon dated formal

noun

1.

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

Origin

From late Middle English appellacion, from Old French apellatiun, from Latin appellātiō (“a naming”).

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