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Etymology

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Initialism of Исла́мское госуда́рство Ира́ка и Лева́нта (Islámskoje gosudárstvo Iráka i Levánta, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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ИГИ́Л (IGÍLm inan or n inan (indeclinable)
ИГИ́Л (IGÍLm inan (genitive ИГИ́Ла)

  1. ISIS, ISIL

Usage notes

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  • Usually indeclinable in formal speech. In informal speech and some less formal publications, it may be declined as a standard masculine noun, as shown above.

Declension

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