Definition of Latakia. Meaning of Latakia. Synonyms of Latakia

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Definition of Latakia

Latakia
Latakia Lat`a*ki"a, n. [Turk.] A superior quality of Turkish smoking tobacco, so called from the place where produced, the ancient Laodicea.

Meaning of Latakia from wikipedia

- Latakia (/lætəˈkiːə/; Arabic: ٱللَّاذْقِيَّة, romanized: al-Lādhqiyya; Syrian pronunciation: [el.laːdˈʔɪjje, -laːðˈqɪjja]) is the prin****l port city...
- Latakia Governorate, also transliterated as Ladhakia Governorate (Arabic: مُحافظة اللاذقية / ALA-LC: Muḥāfaẓat al-Lādhiqīyah), is one of the 14 governorates...
- Latakia is a city in Syria. Latakia also may refer to: Latakia (tobacco), originally produced in Syria Battles fought in or near the city: Battle of Latakia...
- The Latakia offensive refer to a series of battles to take control of the Latakia Governorate during the Syrian Civil War: 2013 Latakia offensive: A failed...
- 35°43′34″E / 35.52105°N 35.726114°E / 35.52105; 35.726114 The Battle of Latakia (Arabic: معركة اللاذقية; Hebrew: קרב לטקיה) was a small but revolutionary...
- have occurred primarily in hold-outs in the Alawite-majority Tartus and Latakia Governorates, as well as in western Hama and Homs Governorates. Government...
- Latakia tobacco (Arabic: تبغ اللاذقية) is a sun-dried and smoke-cured tobacco product. It originated in Syria and is named after its major port city of...
- landowning families and 80 percent of the po****tion of the port city of Latakia were **** Muslim. More than 90 percent of the province's po****tion was...
- The Latakia Sanjak (Arabic: سنجق اللاذقية) was a prefecture (sanjak) of the Ottoman Empire, located in modern-day Syria. The city of Latakia was the Sanjak's...
- The 2015–2016 Latakia offensive was a campaign of the Syrian Civil War that was launched by government forces in October 2015 to recapture rebel-held...