Islamic State

English

Etymology

From the group's Arabic-language name, الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة (ad-dawla l-ʔislāmiyya, literally the Islamic State).

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Proper noun

the Islamic State

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

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