Røykjavik

Adapted borrowing of Icelandic Reykjavík, or a semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse Reykjavík, Røykjavík. From reykja, genitive plural of reykr (“smoke”), and vík (“bay”). Equivalent to røyk +‎ vik (the original genitive plural *røykje- / *røykja- is lost).

• IPA^(key): /²rœʏçaviːk/, [²rœʏː.çɐ̞.ʋiˑk]

Røykjavik f

1. Alternative form of 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.