Suakin|ˈswɑːkɪn| Also Suakim. The name of a port on the Red Sea used as the distinctive epithet of a variety of gum arabic exported thence. 1874Flückiger & Hanbury Pharmacogr. 210 Suakin Gum, Talca or Talha Gum..is remarkable for its brittleness.1886Buck's Handbk.Med.Sci. III. 409.