ISIS

See also: isis, Isis, and Ísis

English

Etymology

An acronym of one English translation of one of the group's Arabic-language names, الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق وَالشَّام (ad-dawla al-ʾislāmiyya fī l-ʿirāq waš-šām, literally “the Islamic State of/in Iraq and Syria”). Compare ISIL, which translates شَام (šām) as “Levant” rather than “Syria”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪsɪs/
• Homophone: Isis

Proper noun

ISIS

1. A Sunni jihadist group active in Libya, Nigeria, Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed an (unrecognized) state. [from 2013]

Alternative forms

• Isis
• Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
• Islamic State in Iraq and Syria

Synonyms

• (Sunni jihadist group): Daesh; ISIL (also a former name); IS, Islamic State (current name)

Translations

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

• Arabic: دَاعِش (dāʕiš)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ISIS (ISIS)

• Dutch: ISIS
• Finnish: Isis (fi)
• French: EIIL m, Daech (fr) m
• German: ISIS (de) m or f, ISIL (de) f, ISIG m or f
• Greek: ΙΚΙΣ n (IKIS) (Ισλαμικό Κράτος στο Ιράκ και την Συρία (Islamikó Krátos sto Irák kai tin Syría))
• Hebrew: דאע״ש m or m pl (da'e"sh)
• Japanese: ISIS (ISIS), アイシス (aishisu)
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• Korean: ISIS (ISIS)
• Kurdish:
• Norwegian: ISIS m
• Persian: داعش (dâ'eš)
• Portuguese: ISIS (pt) m
• Russian: ИГИ́Л (ru) m or f or n (IGÍL)
• Swedish: ISIS (sv) c
• Turkish: IŞİD (tr)
• Uyghur: دائىش (da'ish)

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German

Alternative forms

• Isis

Etymology

Borrowed from English ISIS, or abbreviation of Islamischer Staat im Irak und Syrien, Islamischer Staat im Irak und in Syrien or Islamischer Staat im Irak und in (Groß-)Syrien

Noun

ISIS m or f

1. ISIS; a former name of Islamischer Staat or IS

Synonyms

• ISIL/Isil, ISIG/Isig

See also

• Islamischer Staat, IS

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English ISIS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.zis/
• Homophone: Ísis

Proper noun

ISIS m

1. ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)

Synonyms

• Estado Islâmico