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ISIL

/ˈaɪsəl/

ISIL proper noun: synonym of ISIS.

Proper noun

ISIL

  1. Synonym of ISIS.
    Synonyms:
    ISIS

Synonyms of ISIL

Forms of ISIL

alternative formIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant
alternative formIslamic State in Iraq and the Levant

Origin of ISIL

An acronym of one English translation of one of the group's Arabic-language names, الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق وَالشَّام (ad-dawla l-ʔislāmiyya fī l-ʕirāq wa-š-šām, literally “the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant”). Compare ISIS, which translates الشَّام (aš-šām) as “Syria” rather than “the Levant”.

Words formed from ISIL

Questions about ISIL

What does ISIL mean?
ISIL means synonym of ISIS.
What part of speech is ISIL?
ISIL is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce ISIL?
ISIL is pronounced /ˈaɪsəl/.

Words near ISIL in the dictionary

  1. Isidorian
  2. Isidro Paredes
  3. isiewu
  4. Isigny-sur-Mer
  5. isiGqumo
  6. ISIL
  7. ISIL-K
  8. ISIM
  9. ISIN
  10. Isinai
  11. Isinay

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ISIL (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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