burkini

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

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounburkini (plural burkinis)

plural burkinis

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of burqini.

    In my mind, the burkini was always the practical, inevitable swimwear goal; the final stage in my journey to becoming a proper hijabi.

    2016 August 26, Romaissaa Benzizoune, “At the Beach in My Burkini”, in The New York Times
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    In recent days, people on Twitter and other social media platforms have mocked the banning of burkinis by dozens of French beachside towns by asking what French officials would do if Chinese beachgoers showed up wearing facekinis.

    2016 August 29, Edward Wong, “‘Facekini’-Wearing Chinese Stand Up for the Right to Bare Nothing”, in The New York Times

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APA

burkini. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burkini

MLA

“burkini.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burkini. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “burkini,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burkini.

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