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Crayola

Crayola proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun (1)

Crayola

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (2)

Crayola

  1. (trademark) A brand of art supplies from the Crayola company, especially crayons.
    • Rosemary and sage, blueberry and raspberry, fountain grass, blue sweetgrass, sunshine-colored roses, blue-and-white columbines, scarlet poppies, butterfly bush and “Sunset” echinacea—the color scheme of my garden is “Crayola.”2007, Barbara Kingsolver, “Gratitude: May” (chapter 7), in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, New York, N.Y.: Harper Perennial, published 2008, →ISBN, page 107

Origin of Crayola

Coined by Alice (Stead) Binney, the wife of the founder of the company. From French craie (“chalk”) + oleaginous; cf. -ola.

Questions about Crayola

What does Crayola mean?
Crayola means a surname.
What part of speech is Crayola?
Crayola is a proper noun.

Words near Crayola in the dictionary

  1. Crayke
  2. crayman
  3. craymen
  4. Crayne
  5. Craynes
  6. Crayola
  7. crayon
  8. crayon board
  9. crayon boards
  10. crayon eater
  11. crayon eaters

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