latakia

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latakia^¹

/latəˈkiːə/ UK

Where it comes from

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

noun latakias

countable, uncountable A type of pungent Turkish tobacco.

Latakia^²

/ˌlætəˈkiːə/

proper noun

A city in Syria, on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
A strong dark tobacco originally produced in Syria.

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name a city in Syria

한국어	라타키아 Ratakia
日本語	ラタキア Ratakia
中文	拉塔基亞 /拉塔基亚 Lātǎjīyà
हिन्दी	लताकिया latākiyā
Português	Latakia, Latáquia, Lataquia
Français	Lattaquié, Laodicée
Deutsch	Latakia
Ελληνικά	Λαττάκεια Lattákeia
Русский	Латаки́я Latakíja
العربية	اللَاذِقِيَّة al-lāḏiqiyya

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"latakia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/latakia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Chicago

"latakia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/latakia.

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@misc{latakia_2026,
  title = {latakia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/latakia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}