rayon

Etymology 1
Name chosen by the National Retail Dry Goods Association of America, probably from and so called because it is shiny; however, the Oxford English Dictionary states that it is apparently a.

Noun

 * 1) A manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: изкуствена коприна
 * Catalan: raió
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Japanese: レーヨン, ,
 * Polish: sztuczny jedwab
 * Serbo-Croatian:

Etymology 3
From.

Noun

 * 1)  A ray or beam.

Noun

 * 1) district,.

Noun

 * 1) region, rayon (second level subdivision unit in Ukraine, Russia and other ex-USSR countries).

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * , regional section or subdivision (e.g. of a city or local government, of the area of operation of a business)

Etymology 1
From. Unrelated to.

Noun

 * 1) ray, beam (of light, etc.)
 * 2) spoke (of wheel)
 * 3)  radius

Etymology 2
,, derived from , , from. The "honeycomb" meaning is original, but the "shelf" meaning coincidentally happens to be attested earlier.

Noun

 * 1) honeycomb
 * 2) shelf for books, merchandise, etc.
 * 3) department (of department store), section (of shop)
 * 1) department (of department store), section (of shop)

Etymology 3
,, , etc..

Noun

 * 1)  row for planting seeds in

Etymology

 * From, from
 * from, from.
 * Sense raion is a.

Noun

 * , regional section or subdivision (e.g. of a school enrollment, of the area of operation of a business)
 * : an administrative unit of some Eastern European and Asian states.

Noun

 * : a manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber.

Noun

 * 1) ray, beam (of light etc.)
 * 2) spoke (of wheel)

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  rayon