Lazkiye

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).

Lazkiye

1. Latakia (a port city in western Syria)
2. (now historical) synonym of Eskihisar (“a neighbourhood in Merkezefendi district”)

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• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–), “Lazkiye”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)