Less than half of those are appellations of origin.
Oregon law has long forbidden use of place names, except as appellations of origin.
However, the cosmic runts may not deserve the appellation "star," because some do not fuse hydrogen at their cores.
Upon completing a series of observations of Ceres and Pallas, he concluded, Neither the appellation of planets, nor that of comets, can with any propriety of language be given to these two stars.
In his brusque way, he rejects the appellation of hero.
We arbitrarily did not include wines from the smaller appellation of St.-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil.
His many amours earned him the appellation of le vert galant ("the gay old spark").
Some bottles are virtually indistinguishable from ordinary Côtes-du-Rhône, the basic — though sometimes underappreciated — appellation of the valley.
Metellus (now with the appellation of "Macedonicus"), having delayed with his army, marched against Critolaus and defeated him in Locris.
The term serfdom is much overused, often where it is not appropriate (always as an appellation of opprobrium).
