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A synthetic fibre's name was formed from the names of New York and London. The name of the fibre is

  1. nylon

  2. silk

  3. linen

  4. cotton
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Nylon's name was created by combining the names of two cities: New York and London. The synthetic fiber was developed at DuPont, and the name was coined by taking 'NY' from New York and 'Lon' from London. This was a clever marketing strategy to give the new synthetic fiber an international appeal when it was first introduced in the 1930s.

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