The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Latakia \Lat`a*ki"a\, n. [Turk.]
   A superior quality of Turkish smoking tobacco, so called from
   the place where produced, the ancient Laodicea.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

latakia
    n 1: aromatic Turkish tobacco
    2: a seaport on the western coast of Syria [syn: Al
       Ladhiqiyah, Latakia]