appellation

Noun

1. identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
   • Synonyms
     • denomination
     • designation
     • appellative
   • Less specific
     • name
   • More specific
     • street name
     • nickname
     • moniker
     • cognomen
     • sobriquet
     • soubriquet
     • byname
     • title
     • title of respect
     • form of address
     • title
   • Related
     • appellative
     • naming
     • designate
     • denominate
     • designate
     • denominate
2. a geographical indication used to identify where the grapes for a wine are grown
   • Less specific
     • geographical indication
     • GI

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1. Formal a name or title the city fully justifies its appellation “the Pearl of the Orient.”

the action of giving a name to a person or thing.

Noun

1. Wine an appellation contrôlée about 20 percent of French wines with an appellation come from Alsace

Wine a wine bearing an appellation contrôlée the top appellations Saint-Émilion and Pomerol

Wine the district in which a wine bearing an appellation contrôlée is produced the northeast corner of the appellation

Origin

late Middle English: via Old French from Latin appellatio(n-), from the verb appellare (see appeal)

abbreviation of appellation (d'origine) contrôlée