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Where does the name bikini originate?
Etymology:- French, from Bikini (Pikinni), atoll of the Marshall Islands. The Marshall Islands were discovered by the outside world, first by the Spanish in the 1600's. The bikini was created by French engineer Louis Réard in 1946 It was named after the Bikini atoll, comparing the effects of a woman in a "bikini to the nuclear bombs that were dropped on the atoll. (supposedly a devastating effect !)
Where did the word suds originate from?
The word 'suds' is believed to originate from the Middle Dutch word: sudse, meaning bog.
Where did the word diary originate from?
its from ..the word :"die" and "dairy:" !! ^^
Where did the word canyon originate?
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Where does the word kite originate from?
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