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bi⋅ki⋅ni

  [bi-kee-nee]
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–noun, plural -nis.
1. a very brief, close-fitting, two-piece bathing suit for women or girls.
2. a very brief, close-fitting pair of bathing trunks for men or boys.
3. Often, bikinis. underwear briefs that are fitted low on the hip or below it.
Origin:
1945–50; < F, appar. named after Bikini
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Bi⋅ki⋅ni

  [bi-kee-nee]
–noun
an atoll in the N Pacific, in the Marshall Islands: atomic bomb tests 1946. 3 sq. mi. (8 sq. km).
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bi·ki·ni   (bĭ-kē'nē)   
n.   pl. bi·ki·nis
    1. A very brief, close-fitting two-piece bathing suit worn by women.
    2. A very brief, close-fitting bathing suit worn by men.
  2. Brief underpants that reach to the hips rather than to the waist. Often used in the plural.

[French, after Bikini.]
bi·ki'nied (-nēd) adj.
Bi·ki·ni   (bĭ-kē'nē)   
An atoll in the Ralik Chain of the Marshall Islands in the west-central Pacific Ocean. The area was the site of U.S. nuclear tests between 1946 and 1958, including the first aerial detonation of a hydrogen bomb (May 21, 1956).
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bikini 
1948, from Fr. coinage, 1947, named for U.S. A-bomb test of June 1946 on Bikini, Marshall Islands atoll. Various explanations for the name have been suggested, none convincingly, the best being an analogy of the explosive force of the bomb and the impact of the bathing suit style on men's libidos (cf. c.1900 British slang assassin "an ornamental bow worn on the female breast," so called because it was very "killing").
"Bikini, ce mot cinglant comme l'explosion même ... correspondant au niveau du vêtement de plage à on antéantissement de la surface vêtue; à une minimisation extrême de la pudeur." [Le Monde, 1947]
Variant style trikini (1967), with separate bra cups held on by Velcro, falsely presumes a compound in bi-.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Language Translation for : bikini
Spanish: biquini, bikini,
German: der Bikini,
Japanese: ビキニ
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