BIKINI


Meaning of BIKINI in English

■ noun ( plural ~s ) a women's two-piece swimsuit.

Origin

1940s: named after Bikini , an atoll in the western Pacific, where an atom bomb was exploded in 1946 (because of the supposed 'explosive' effect created by the garment).

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.