Meanings
- A female given name.
Sister Appalonia was the Mother Superior. She was maybe five foot two but she was sturdy and strong.
2016, Joe A. Creath, Sister Mildred Hit Harder, AuthorHouse, →ISBN2 more examples
Another daughter, Appalonia, may have died between 1821, when she was named as a distributee, and the actual transfer in 1824, […]
1984, The Genealogist"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,[…]"
1993, Holly S. McClure, Island Magic, Thomas Bouregy & Company, →ISBN
Origin
Perhaps a variant of Apollonia.
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Appalonia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Appalonia
“Appalonia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Appalonia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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