name
Meaning 1
A city in Syria, on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
latakia
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/ˌlætəˈkiːə/
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UK: /latəˈkiːə/
name
Meaning 2
A strong dark tobacco originally produced in Syria.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A type of pungent Turkish tobacco.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
a seaport on the western coast of Syria
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Al Ladhiqiyah
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: city, metropolis, urban center, port
noun
Meaning 5
aromatic Turkish tobacco
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: Turkish tobacco
History
Etymology
From Latakia (“the Syrian port from where the tobacco is shipped, and near where it is produced”), from Arabic اللَاذِقِيَّة (al-lāḏiqiyya).
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: اللَاذِقِيَّة (al-lāḏiqiyya) — a city in Syria
- Armenian: Լաթաքիա (Latʻakʻia) — a city in Syria
- Chinese Mandarin: 拉塔基亞 /拉塔基亚 (Lātǎjīyà) — a city in Syria
- French: Lattaquié — a city in Syria
- French: Laodicée — a city in Syria
- Georgian: ლატაკია (laṭaḳia) — a city in Syria
- German: Latakia — a city in Syria
- Greek: Λαττάκεια (Lattákeia) — a city in Syria
- Hindi: लताकिया (latākiyā) — a city in Syria
- Japanese: ラタキア (Ratakia) — a city in Syria
- Korean: 라타키아 (Ratakia) — a city in Syria
- Iranian Persian: لاذِقِیِّه (lâzeġiyye) — a city in Syria
- Portuguese: Latakia — a city in Syria
- Portuguese: Latáquia — a city in Syria
- Portuguese: Lataquia — a city in Syria
- Russian: Латаки́я (Latakíja) — a city in Syria
- Tajik: Лозиқия (Loziqiya) — a city in Syria
- Turkish: Lazkiye — a city in Syria
- Ottoman Turkish: لاذقیه (lâzıkiyye, lazkiye) — a city in Syria
- Ukrainian: Латакі́я (Latakíja) — a city in Syria
- Urdu: لاذِقِیَہ (lāziqiya) — a city in Syria
- Uyghur: لازىقىيە (laziqiye) — a city in Syria
- Uzbek: Loziqiya — a city in Syria