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des⋅ti⋅na⋅tion

  [des-tuh-ney-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the place to which a person or thing travels or is sent: Her destination was Rome.
2. the purpose for which something is destined.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L dēstinātiōn- (s. of dēstinātiō) an establishing, purpose, equiv. to dēstināt(us) (ptp. of dēstināre; see destine ) + -iōn- -ion
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des·ti·na·tion   (děs'tə-nā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The place to which one is going or directed.

  2. The ultimate purpose for which something is created or intended.

  3. Archaic An act of appointing or setting aside for a specific purpose.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

destination 
1598, "act of appointing," from L. destinationem (nom. destinatio), from destinare "determine, appoint, choose, make firm or fast," from de- "completely, formally" + -stinare, related to stare "to stand," from PIE base *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Modern sense (1787) is from place of destination, where one is "destined" to go.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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