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latakia

/ˌlætəˈkiːə/UK/latəˈkiːə/

latakia noun: a type of pungent Turkish tobacco.

Noun

latakia (countable and uncountable, plural latakias)

  1. A type of pungent Turkish tobacco.

Proper noun capitalized: Latakia

Latakia

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

latakia meaning in Tamil

latakia in Tamil

சிரியாவின் பழமையான துறைமுக நகரம்

Forms of latakia

plurallatakias

Origin of latakia

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

Words formed from latakia

Questions about latakia

What does latakia mean?
Latakia means a type of pungent Turkish tobacco.
What is latakia in Tamil?
Latakia in Tamil is சிரியாவின் பழமையான துறைமுக நகரம். See Latakia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is latakia?
Latakia can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce latakia?
Latakia is pronounced /latəˈkiːə/ (UK).
What is the plural of latakia?
The plural of latakia is latakias.

Words near latakia in the dictionary

  1. Latagnon
  2. Latagnons
  3. latah
  4. Latah County
  5. latahs
  6. latakia
  7. Latakian
  8. Latakians
  9. latakias
  10. LATAM
  11. latamoxef

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Adapted from Wiktionary: latakia (page history and authors); Latakia (page history and authors); Latakia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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