ISIS
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Etymology edit
An acronym of one English translation of one of the group's Arabic-language names, الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق وَٱلشَّام (ad-dawla l-ʔislāmiyya fī l-ʕirāq wa-š-šām, literally “the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria”). Compare ISIL, which translates الشَّام (aš-šām) as “the Levant” rather than “Syria”.
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ISIS
- A Salafist group active in Libya, Nigeria, Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed an (unrecognized) state. [from 2013]
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Synonyms edit
- (Extremist group): Daesh; ISIL (also a former name); IS, Islamic State (current name)
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Translations edit
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
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Finnish edit
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ISIS
- Alternative letter-case form of Isis (“Islamic State”).
Galician edit
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Proper noun edit
ISIS m
- ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)
- Synonym: Estado Islámico
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Abbreviation of Islamischer Staat im Irak und (in) (Groß-)Syrien
Noun edit
ISIS m or f
See also edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English ISIS.
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ISIS m
- ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)
- Synonym: Estado Islâmico
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ISIS m
- ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)
- Synonym: Estado Islámico