Saran

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A district of Bihar, India.
Noun
  1. 1
    A plastic resin used to make packaging films. uncountable
  2. 2
    any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From a trade name coined by the Dow Chemical Co. for a number of monomers and polymers made from vinylidene chloride (especially polyvinylidene chloride).

Etymology 2

Various origins: * Borrowed from Polish Saran or Serbo-Croatian Šaran. * Borrowed from Hindi शरण (śaraṇ).

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