ISIS

Meaning

A Salafist group active in Libya, Nigeria, Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed an (unrecognized) state.

Synonyms

ISIL

IS

Translations

IŞİD

EIIL

ISIS

ISIL

ISIS

دَاعِش

DAÎŞ

ISIS

ISIS

ISIS

EI

Daech

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈaɪsɪs/

Etymology

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”.