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.