Definitions of appellation

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

2. The act of calling by a name.

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

4. The name or title by which a person or thing is called or known; the act of appealing from a lower to ahigher court.

5. A name by which a thing is called; title.

6. A name or title; the act of calling or naming.

7. The name by which a person or thing is called; a specific name.

8. A name; the word by which a thing is known.