Røykjavik

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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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).

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Røykjavik f

  1. 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.