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Laphroaig

//ləˈfɹɔɪɡ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A whisky distillery, noted for its strong peaty taste, on Islay in Scotland. Scotland
Noun
  1. 1
    Laphroaig whisky countable, uncountable

    "And when I am hungry, said MacK, they bring me the salmons of Argyll smoked over peat of the Hebrides, and a glass of Laphroaig."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Goidelic/Scottish Gaelic; possibly from lag (“hollow”) + Old Norse breidd (“breadth”) + Old Norse vík (“bay”).

Etymology 2

From Goidelic/Scottish Gaelic; possibly from lag (“hollow”) + Old Norse breidd (“breadth”) + Old Norse vík (“bay”).

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