Etymology

Reekwich

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Today it means: The capital city of Iceland. Official name: Reykjavík. Full definition →

Icelandic Reykjavík
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The story

  1. Icelandic · borrowed fromReykjavík
  2. English todayReekwich

Calque from Old Norse or Icelandic Reykjavík, from reykr (“smoke”) + vík (“bay”).

Words from the same roots

IcelandicReykjavík all →

ReykjavikReykjavík

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.