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Al Ladhiqiyah

Al Ladhiqiyah

9.9
A Syrian city by the Mediterranean Sea with an important port
  • proper noun
translation icon : Al Ladhiqiyah
  • Many goods are imported through the port of Al Ladhiqiyah every year.

Examples

  • Tourists often visit Al Ladhiqiyah for its Mediterranean beaches and vibrant culture.

  • After the storm, aid shipments arrived quickly at Al Ladhiqiyah.

  • I visited Al Ladhiqiyah last summer.

  • Have you ever been to Al Ladhiqiyah?

  • Many goods are imported through the port of Al Ladhiqiyah every year.

  • Tourists often visit Al Ladhiqiyah for its Mediterranean beaches and vibrant culture.

  • After the storm, aid shipments arrived quickly at Al Ladhiqiyah.

Surface Forms

Al Ladhiqiyah main

Morphology

Al + Ladhiqiyah

This is a transliterated proper name (a toponym) whose meaning ’a seaport city in Syria’ cannot be derived from the parts. 'Al' is an Arabic definite article and 'Ladhiqiyah' has no transparent lexical meaning for learners, so even knowing 'Al' would not let a B1 learner infer that this is the name of a city.

Etymology

Al Ladhiqiyah may come from the old Greek name 'Laodicea'. That name was for a woman called 'Laodice', so it meant 'Laodice's town', and today Al Ladhiqiyah is the same coastal city and a busy Mediterranean 'port'.