latakia
Meanings
noun
- A type of pungent Turkish tobacco.
name
- A city in Syria, on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- A strong dark tobacco originally produced in Syria.
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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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