ISIL
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
An 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[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
ISIL
- Synonym of ISIS
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Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
ISIS — see ISIS
References[edit]
- Islamic State of Iraq and Syria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia