ISIS

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”.

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

ISIS

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

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈisis/, [ˈis̠is̠]
• Rhymes: -isis
• Syllabification^(key): I‧SIS

ISIS

1. Alternative letter-case form of Isis (“Islamic State”).

Borrowed from English ISIS.

ISIS m

1. ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)

   Synonym: Estado Islámico

• Isis

Abbreviation of Islamischer Staat im Irak und (in) (Groß-)Syrien

ISIS m or f

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

   Synonyms: ISIL/Isil, ISIG/Isig

• Islamischer Staat, IS

Unadapted borrowing from English ISIS.

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

ISIS m

1. ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)

   Synonym: Estado Islâmico

Borrowed from English ISIS.

• IPA^(key): /ˈisis/ [ˈi.sis]
• Rhymes: -isis
• Syllabification: I‧SIS

ISIS m

1. ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)

   Synonym: Estado Islámico