Reykjavik

[ rey-kyuh-veek, -vik ]

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of Iceland, in the SW part.

Reykjavik

/ ˈreɪkjəˌviːk /

noun

1. the capital and chief port of Iceland, situated in the southwest: its buildings are heated by natural hot water. Pop: 112 490 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

Then, in late summer or fall, the museum will mail them to Ono’s Imagine Peace Tower just outside Reykjavik, where the wishes will join more than a million others, compiled since Ono started making wish trees in the 1990s.

From Washington Post

On May 24, Reykjavik, Iceland will become the first offline “Valorant” event to include teams from around the world, competing to be the game’s first world champions.

From Washington Post

When Fagradalsfjall, near Reykjavik, began its recent eruption—the first on the Reykjanes Peninsula in some 800 years—drone pilots took advantage.

From Singularity Hub 

In 1986, Reagan and Gorbachev failed to strike a deal in Reykjavik.

From Ozy

Stefánsson, a former Harvard professor, founded the Reykjavik-based deCODE Genetics in 1996, where he and his team have identified the genetic risk factors for dozens of ailments, from cardiovascular disease to cancer.

From Ozy

Green is now based in Washington, D.C., but she lived outside Reykjavik for two years.

From The Daily Beast

I like to see Reykjavik as one of those glass balls, you know, the ones where you shake it and it snows.

From The Daily Beast

Could you describe Reykjavik for me, specifically the area that you live in?

From The Daily Beast

Is there a strong community of writers in Reykjavik, and do you see much of each other?

From The Daily Beast

In that case you have nature and urban life but this is, of course, not unique to Reykjavik.

From The Daily Beast

In the rear of the Government House at Reykjavik there is a small meadow.

From Project Gutenberg

In one of his adventures he had sailed a Welsh brig from Liverpool to Reykjavik.

From Project Gutenberg

While the storm lasted all Reykjavik lay asleep, and Greeba could do nothing.

From Project Gutenberg

Before Thurstan was awake next morning Reykjavik was all astir.

From Project Gutenberg

You may go on to Reykjavik, and do all this if you can, but my place is here, at my husband's side.

From Project Gutenberg