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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
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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Proper noun
Røykjavik f
- The capital of Iceland. Official name: Reykjavík
1913 April 23, J. H., “Islandsbrev. Samrøringi i Noreg.”, in Gula Tidend: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.