ISIS

isis Isis Ísis English Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Alternative forms Salafist group en Isis Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Islamic State in Iraq and Syria Etymology Salafist group An en - 1 one English translation of one of the group's Arabic-language names, ar الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق وَٱلشَّام ad-dawla l-ʔislāmiyya fī l-ʕirāq wa-š-šām the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Compare en ISIL, which translates ar الشَّام as “the Levant” rather than “Syria”. Pronunciation en /ˈaɪsɪs/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ISIS.wav Southern England en Isis Proper noun A Salafist group mainly active in Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed itself as a (unrecognized) state and later caliphate. from 2013 en Daesh ISIL also a former name IS Islamic State current name en Internet slang humorous en Israeli Secret Intelligence Services a pun on the Salafist group en Jun 16, 2015 w:Donald Trump Transcript: Donald Trump announces his presidential candidacy CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/news/transcript-donald-trump-announces-his-presidential-candidacy/ They didn't know the room was too big, because they didn't have anybody there. How are they going to beat ISIS? I don't think it's gonna happen. https://web.archive.org/web/20261004033632/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/transcript-donald-trump-announces-his-presidential-candidacy/ 4 October 2026 en Homeland Threat Assessment https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/2020_10_06_homeland-threat-assessment.pdf 2020-10 19 w:Department of Homeland Security Despite territorial defeats in Iraq and Syria, ISIS continues to draw support from HVEs in the United States and the group’s global calls for attacks have intensified since the death last year of senior leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. https://web.archive.org/web/20261005070722/https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/2020_10_06_homeland-threat-assessment.pdf 5 October 2026 en Kylie Atwood American citizen held hostage for 6 years in West Africa has been freed w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/20/politics/jeffery-woodke-freed-niger 2023-03-20 Terror groups linked to al Qaeda and ISIS have been active in Niger for years. https://web.archive.org/web/20251002023840/https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/20/politics/jeffery-woodke-freed-niger 2 October 2025 en w:Institute for Science and International Security. Derived terms en ISIS-K Translations Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Arabic: ar دَاعِش m f, ar الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق وَٱلشَّام f ad-dawla al-ʔislāmiyya fī l-ʕirāq wa-š-šām Azerbaijani: az İŞİD Belarusian: be ІДІ́Л m f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn ISIS ISIS, cmn 伊斯蘭國 Dutch: nl ISIS Finnish: fi Isis French: fr EIIL m, fr Daech m German: de ISIS m f, de ISIL f, de ISIG m f, de Daesch m Greek: el ΙΚΙΣ n (el Ισλαμικό Κράτος στο Ιράκ και την Συρία) Hebrew: he דאע״ש m m-p da'e"sh Hindi: hi आइसिस, hi इराक़ और सीरिया इस्लामी राष्ट्र m Japanese: ja ISIS ISIS, ja アイシス aishisu, ja イラク・レバントのイスラム国 Iraku Rebanto no Isuramu-koku Korean: ko ISIS, ko ^이라크 ^레반트 이슬람국, ko ^이슬람국, ko ^이라크 ^시리아 이슬람국 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr DAÎŞ m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb ISIS m Persian: Dari: prs دَاعِش Iranian Persian: fa-ira داعِش, fa-ira دُوْلَتِ اِسْلامی عِراق و شام, fa-ira دُوْلَتِ اِسْلامی عِراق و سورِیِه Polish: pl ISIS n Portuguese: pt ISIS m Russian: ru ИГИ́Л m f n, ru ДА́ИШ m, ru ИГ m n Spanish: es ISIS m Swedish: sv ISIS c Tajik: tg ДИИШ, tg ДОИШ Turkish: tr IŞİD Ukrainian: uk ІДІ́Л m f, uk ДА́ІШ m Urdu: ur داعِش m, ur دَولَتِ اِسْلامِیَہ بَرائے عِراق و شام f Uyghur: ug دائىش Anagrams en iiss IISS en Islamism Organizations Finnish Pronunciation Proper noun fi Isis Islamic State group Galician gl: Etymology gl :bor en:ISIS + 1 Proper noun m en ISIS Islamic State of Iraq and Syria gl Estado Islámico German Alternative forms de Isis Etymology Abbreviation of Islamischer Staat im Irak und (in) (Groß-)Syrien Noun de proper noun m f ISIS; a former name of de Islamischer Staat or de IS de ISIL/Isil ISIG/Isig See also de Islamischer Staat, de IS Portuguese Etymology pt :ubor en:ISIS + 1 Pronunciation pt /ˈi.zis/ BR pt Ísis Proper noun m en ISIS Islamic State of Iraq and Syria pt Estado Islâmico Spanish es: Etymology es :bor en:ISIS + 1 Pronunciation Proper noun m en ISIS Islamic State of Iraq and Syria es Estado Islámico