Reekwich

English

Alternative forms

• Reekwick

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Reekwich

1. 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.