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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of an early generation of synthetic polybutadiene rubbers produced using sodium as a catalyst. countable, historical, uncountable
2. 2
   made by polymerizing butadiene wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A Torricelli language of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.
2. 2
   Synonym of Mbum (“a language of Cameroon”).
3. 3
   A census-designated place in Jasper County, Texas, United States, named after Buna Corley.
4. 4
   A river in Albania and Montenegro

Synonyms

All synonyms

acrylicbojanabuna rubberbuna rubbermbumplastic

Etymology

Etymology 1

From butadiene and Na (“chemical symbol for sodium”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Albanian Bunë.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.