"Crayola" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Crayola
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Crayola-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: Coined by Alice (Stead) Binney, the wife of the founder of the company. From French craie (“chalk”) + oleaginous; cf. -ola. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|craie|t=chalk}} French craie (“chalk”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Crayola
  1. (trademark) A brand of art supplies from the Crayola company, especially crayons.
    Sense id: en-Crayola-en-name-5WfLjwXV Categories (other): English trademarks, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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