Crayola

English

Proper noun

Crayola

  1. A surname.

Etymology 2

Coined by Alice (Stead) Binney, the wife of the founder of the company. From French craie (“chalk”) + oleaginous;[1] cf. -ola.

Proper noun

Crayola

  1. (trademark) A brand of art supplies from the Crayola company, especially crayons.

References
  1. “Where did the brand name Crayola originate?”, in Crayola‎, archived from the original on 9 September 2015.
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