Røykjavik
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Adapted borrowing of Icelandic Reykjavík, or a semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse Reykjavík, Røykjavík (“bay of smokes”). From reykja, genitive plural of reykr (“smoke”), and vík (“bay”). Equivalent to røyk + vik (the original genitive plural *røykje- / *røykja- is lost).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Røykjavik f
- The capital of Iceland. Official name: Reykjavík
- 1913 April 23, J. H., “Islandsbrev. Samrøringi i Noreg.”, in Gula Tidend[1]:
- Igaar gjekk det som eld i turt gras yver heile Røykjavik at tyskarar og franskmenner var byrja krig.
- Yesterday, it went like wildfire across Reykjavík that Germans and Frenchmen had gone to war.