Latakia

American  

[lat-uh-kee-uh, lah-tah-kee-ah] / ˌlæt əˈki ə, ˌlɑ tɑˈki ɑ /

noun

1. Ancient Laodicea.  a seaport in northwestern Syria, on the Mediterranean.

2. a coastal district in Syria, in the western part.

3. a variety of Turkish tobacco.

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Latakia British  

/ ˌlætəˈkiːə /

noun

1. Latin name: Laodicea ad Mare.  the chief port of Syria, in the northwest: tobacco industry. Pop: 486 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

The Colombians would mark the bricks with a dragon symbol, inspired by a bracelet Kassis wore, and ship them to the Syrian port of Latakia in a container ostensibly laden with bananas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Several hundred people protested on Tuesday in Syria's coastal city of Latakia in the country's Alawite heartland to protest recent attacks against the minority community, AFP correspondents said.

From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025

So far, said committee spokesman Yasser Farhan, the panel has investigated only the province of Latakia but will soon move to neighboring provinces.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2025

In the countryside of Latakia, the Syrian security forces' control ends, and the boundaries of the Russian military's Hmeimim airbase begin.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025

There are exceptions, however, as in the case of Latakia tobacco, which is simply hung in the peasant's huts through the winter to be fumigated and to acquire the peculiar flavor this tobacco has.

From Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce by Billings, E. R.