Latakia Definition

lătə-kēə
noun
A fine grade of highly aromatic Turkish smoking tobacco, produced near the port of Latakia, Syria.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Al Ladhiqiyah

Other Word Forms of Latakia

Noun

Singular:
latakia
Plural:
latakias

Origin of Latakia

  • From Latakia (the Syrian port from where the tobacco is shipped, and near where it is produced), from Arabic اللاذقية.

    From Wiktionary

  • Short for Latakia (tobacco) after Latakia , Syrian seaport

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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