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burkini

burkini is the alternative spelling of burqini.

Meaning of burqini

Noun

burqini (plural burqinis)

  1. A head-to-toe swimsuit, enabling women to conform to the Islamic dress code when bathing on a public beach.

Forms of burkini

pluralburkinis

Origin of burkini

Blend of burqa + bikini or burka + -kini.

Words that rhyme with burkini

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about burkini

What is burkini the alternative spelling of?
Burkini is the alternative spelling of burqini.

Words near burkini in the dictionary

  1. Burkinabe
  2. Burkinabes
  3. Burkinabé
  4. Burkinese
  5. burking
  6. burkini
  7. burkinis
  8. Burkins
  9. Burkinses
  10. Burkinshaw
  11. Burkinshaws

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Adapted from Wiktionary: burkini (page history and authors); burqini (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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