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The origin of the word "bikini" comes from ...

the name of the original designer Louis Bikini
the Hawaiian word baikhinii
the city it was for the first time presented in
the Bikini Atoll at the Pacific Ocean
The name for the bikini design was coined in 1946 by Parisian engineer Louis Réard, the designer of the bikini. He named the swimsuit after Bikini Atoll, where testing on the nuclear bomb was taking place.
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the name of the original designer Louis Bikini
the Hawaiian word baikhinii
the city it was for the first time presented in
the Bikini Atoll at the Pacific Ocean
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