Islamic State

English

Etymology

From the group's Arabic-language name, اَلدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة‎ (ad-dawla l-ʾislāmiyya, literally “the Islamic State”).

Proper noun

Islamic State

A Sunni jihadist group active in Libya, Nigeria, Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed an (unrecognized) state.
The unrecognized state (caliphate) proclaimed by this group.

Synonyms

IS (abbreviation)
Daesh, Da'esh, Daish, Da'ish (exonym, also derogatory)
ISIS, Isis, ISIL (former name)
Islamic State in Iraq / ISI (former name)
al-Qaeda in Iraq / AQI (former name)

Derived terms

IS (abbreviation)

Translations

jihadist group — See also translations at IS

Arabic: تَنْظِيم الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة‎ m (tanẓīm ad-dawla al-ʾislāmiyya)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 伊斯蘭國, 伊斯兰国 (ji¹ si¹ laan⁴ gwok³)

Hakka: 伊斯蘭國, 伊斯兰国 (Yi-sṳ-lân-koet)

Mandarin: 伊斯蘭國, 伊斯兰国 (Yīsīlán guó)

Min Dong: 伊斯蘭國, 伊斯兰国 (Ĭ-sṳ̆-làng-guók)

Min Nan: 伊斯蘭國, 伊斯兰国 (I-su-lân-kok)
Danish: Islamisk Stat c
Dutch: Islamitische Staat
Estonian: Islamiriik
Finnish: Isis (fi)
French: État islamique (fr) m
Galician: Estado Islámico m
Georgian: ისლამური სახელმწიფო (islamuri saxelmc̣ipo)
German: Islamischer Staat (de) m
Greek: Ισλαμικό Κράτος n (Islamikó Krátos)
Hebrew: המדינה האסלאמית‎ f (ha-medina ha-islamit)
Hungarian: Iszlám Állam

Irish: Stát Ioslámach m
Italian: Stato Islamico m
Japanese: イスラム国 (isuramu-koku)
Kazakh: Ислам мемлекеті (Ïslam memleketi)
Mongolian: Исламын улс (Islamyn uls)
Persian: دولت اسلامی‎ (dowlat-e eslâmi)
Polish: Państwo Islamskie (pl) n
Portuguese: Estado Islâmico m
Russian: Исла́мское госуда́рство (ru) n (Islámskoje gosudárstvo)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Исламска Држава f

Roman: Islamska Država f
Spanish: Estado Islámico m
Swedish: Islamiska staten (sv) c
Turkish: İslam Devleti
Uyghur: ئىسلام دۆلىتى‎ (islam döliti)
Welsh: Gwladwriaeth Islamaidd f

proclaimed caliphate

Chinese:
Cantonese: 伊斯蘭國, 伊斯兰国 (ji¹ si¹ laan⁴ gwok³)

Hakka: 伊斯蘭國, 伊斯兰国 (Yi-sṳ-lân-koet)

Mandarin: 伊斯蘭國, 伊斯兰国 (Yīsīlán guó)

Min Dong: 伊斯蘭國, 伊斯兰国 (Ĭ-sṳ̆-làng-guók)

Min Nan: 伊斯蘭國, 伊斯兰国 (I-su-lân-kok)

Danish: Islamisk Stat c
Estonian: Islami Kalifaat
Finnish: islamilainen kalifaatti
Portuguese: Estado Islâmico m
Spanish: Estado Islámico m

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