Appellation

n.	1.	The act of appealing; appeal.
	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. They must institute some persons under the appellation of magistrates. - Hume.

Noun

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appellation - identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others Synonyms: appellative, designation, denomination

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