N-VAR
名稱;稱號;標示;指定;命名;指派
A designation is a description, name, or title that is given to someone or something. Designation is the fact of giving that description, name, or title.
例句
...a level four alert, a designation reserved for very serious incidents.
用于標示非常嚴重事件的第四級警戒
...the designation of Madrid as European City of Culture 1992.
馬德里被命名為 1992 年度的歐洲文化之城