Appalonia

English

Etymology

Perhaps a variant of Apollonia.

Proper noun

Appalonia

1. A female given name
   • 1984, The Genealogist:

     Another daughter, Appalonia, may have died between 1821, when she was named as a distributee, and the actual transfer in 1824, […]

   • 1993, Holly S. McClure, Island Magic, Thomas Bouregy & Company, →ISBN:

     "My mother and Appalonia were stepsisters. Appalonia's mother died when she was twelve, and my grandfather remarried a much younger woman. Appalonia was sixteen and almost ready to leave the house when my mother was born, […] "

   • 2016, Joe A. Creath, Sister Mildred Hit Harder, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:

     Sister Appalonia was the Mother Superior. She was maybe five foot two but she was sturdy and strong.