Lazkiye

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish لاذقیه (lâzıkiyye, lazkiye), from Arabic اللَّاذِقِيَّة (al-lāḏiqiyya), from Ancient Greek Λαοδίκεια (Laodíkeia), from Λαοδίκη (Laodíkē) + -εια (-eia), the name of numerous Hellenistic cities, generally named after one of many women by the name of Λαοδίκη (Laodíkē).

Proper noun

Lazkiye

  1. Latakia (a port city in western Syria)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.