latakia

See also: Latakia

English

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/

Noun

latakia (countable and uncountable, plural latakias)

  1. A type of pungent Turkish tobacco.
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