ISIL
English
editEtymology
editAn acronym of one English translation of one of the group's Arabic-language names, الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق وَالشَّام (ad-dawla l-ʔislāmiyya fī l-ʕirāq wa-š-šām, literally “the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant”). Compare ISIS, which translates الشَّام (aš-šām) as “Syria” rather than “the Levant”.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editISIL
- Synonym of ISIS
Alternative forms
editDerived terms
editTranslations
editISIS — see ISIS
References
edit- Islamic State of Iraq and Syria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia