• (Salafist group): Isis, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Islamic State in Iraq and Syria

(Salafist group): 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/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophone: Isis

ISIS

1. A Salafist group mainly active in Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed itself as a (unrecognized) state and later caliphate. [from 2013]

   Synonyms: Daesh, ISIL (also a former name), IS, Islamic State (current name)

2. (Internet slang, humorous) Initialism of Israeli Secret Intelligence Services (“a pun on the Salafist group”)
   • 2015 June 16, Donald Trump, “Transcript: Donald Trump announces his presidential candidacy”, in CBS News‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2020 October, “Homeland Threat Assessment”, in Department of Homeland Security‎^[2], page 19:

     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.

   • 2023 March 20, Kylie Atwood, “American citizen held hostage for 6 years in West Africa has been freed”, in CNN‎^[3]:

     Terror groups linked to al Qaeda and ISIS have been active in Niger for years.

3. Initialism of Institute for Science and International Security.

• IISS

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

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