Reekwich
English
Alternative forms
- Reekwick
Etymology
Calque of Old Norse or Icelandic Reykjavík, from reykr (“smoke”) + vík (“bay”).
Proper noun
Reekwich
- The capital city of Iceland. Official name: Reykjavík
- 1879, Lock, Charles George Warnford; Foster, Clement Le Neve, chapter IV, in The home of the Eddas, page 58:
- A hater of town life, especially in such a town as Reekwich, and provided already with mounts, I quickly concluded terms with a promising young scholar from the Latin school, hight Geir Zoega (Jun.), for det benefit of his company on a scamper round to Hekla and the Geysir.
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