Reekwich
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Etymology edit
Calque of Old Norse or Icelandic Reykjavík, from reykr (“smoke”) + vík (“bay”).
Proper noun edit
Reekwich
- The capital city of Iceland. Official name: Reykjavík
- 1879, Charles George Warnford Lock, Clement Le Neve Foster, 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.