Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A town in north-eastern Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND3650). · A river in Caithness, Highland council area that flows through the town into Wick Bay on the North Sea; in full, the Wick River.
From Old Norse vík (“bay, inlet”), from Proto-Germanic *wīkō.
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