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laphroaig

/ləˈfɹɔɪɡ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables
laphroaig
IPA
/ləˈfɹɔɪɡ/
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A whisky distillery, noted for its strong peaty taste, on Islay in Scotland.

noun

Laphroaig whisky

Countable; Uncountable

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Etymology

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

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Usage

Inflected Forms

Laphroaigs (plural)

Rhymes With

craig plague vague hague sprague haig baig mctague mcquaig flaig maciag

Questions

How do you pronounce laphroaig?
The recorded pronunciation is /ləˈfɹɔɪɡ/.
What does laphroaig mean?
A whisky distillery, noted for its strong peaty taste, on Islay in Scotland.
Where does laphroaig come from?
It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

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