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Webster 1913 Edition

Latakia

Latˊa-ki′a

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Noun.
[Turk.]
A superior quality of Turkish smoking tobacco, so called from the place where produced, the ancient Laodicea.

Definition 2024

Latakia

Latakia

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English

Proper noun

Latakia

  1. An ancient port city in Syria, on the Mediterranean Sea.

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Proper noun

Latakia f

  1. Latakia (a city in Syria)

latakia

latakia

See also: Latakia

English

Noun

latakia ‎(plural latakias)

  1. A type of pungent Turkish tobacco.

Etymology

From Latakia ‎(“the Syrian port from where the tobacco is shipped, and near where it is produced”), from Arabic اللَاذِقِيَّة ‎(al-lāḏiqiyya).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /latəˈkiːə/

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