Etymology

Laphroaig

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Old Norse breidd
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived frombreidd“breadth”
  2. English todayLaphroaig

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

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