LATAKIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Latakia mean? 

• LATAKIA (noun)
  The noun LATAKIA has 2 senses:

1. aromatic Turkish tobacco

2. a seaport on the western coast of Syria

  Familiarity information: LATAKIA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LATAKIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Aromatic Turkish tobacco

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("latakia" is a kind of...):

Turkish tobacco (a dark aromatic tobacco of eastern Europe that is used in cigarettes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A seaport on the western coast of Syria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Al Ladhiqiyah; Latakia

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Latakia" is a part of...):

Syria; Syrian Arab Republic (an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization)