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Latakia

//ˌlætəˈkiːə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city in Syria, on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
  2. 2
    A strong dark tobacco originally produced in Syria.
Noun
  1. 1
    A type of pungent Turkish tobacco. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    aromatic Turkish tobacco wordnet

Etymology

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

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