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Buna

American  
[boo-nuh, byoo-] / ˈbu nə, ˈbju- /
Trademark.
  1. a brand of synthetic rubber made by polymerizing or copolymerizing butadiene with another material, as acrylonitrile, styrene, or sodium.


Buna British  
/ ˈbuːnə, ˈbjuː- /

noun

  1. a synthetic rubber formed by polymerizing butadiene or by copolymerizing it with such compounds as acrylonitrile or styrene

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In November 1942, Ladner was posted in the southeastern mountain jungles of what was then the Australian territory of New Guinea, fighting Japanese troops for control of the port of Buna, The Sun Herald reported.

From Seattle Times Feb. 6, 2022

Her mother, Dina Kyala Buna, 26, rinsed beans in a pot of water outside the family tent as her daughter recounted the perilous passage.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2019

Within hours of arriving in Poland at Auschwitz, Wiesel and his father were transferred to Buna in Germany, where they spent most of their imprisonment.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2016

But before you start tasting the local vintages, get your late afternoon pick-me-up at the third-wave coffee shop Buna Café, which offers frequent tastings of estate coffees on Friday afternoons.

From New York Times Jul. 11, 2014

He was the only rabbi whom nobody ever failed to address as “Rabbi” in Buna.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel

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