[Short for Latakia tobacco.] A fine kind of Turkish tobacco produced near and shipped from Latakia (the ancient Laodicea), a sea-port of Syria.
1833. Disraeli, Corr. w. Sister, 19 Jan. Smoking Latakia.
1849. Thackeray, Pendennis, xxxix. Enveloped in fragrant clouds of Latakia.
