Definition: (noun) Identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others.
Synonyms: designation, denomination.
Usage: When the adventurers … met, in the center of the forests, immense plains, covered with rich verdure or rank grasses, they naturally gave them the appellation of meadows.
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