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Islamic State in Iraq and Syria

Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is the alternative form of ISIS.

Meaning of ISIS

Proper noun

ISIS

  1. A Salafist group mainly active in Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed itself as a (unrecognized) state and later caliphate.
    Synonyms:
    Daesh, ISIL, IS, Islamic State

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Questions about Islamic State in Iraq and Syria

What is Islamic State in Iraq and Syria the alternative form of?
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is the alternative form of ISIS.

Words near Islamic State in Iraq and Syria in the dictionary

  1. Islamic Republic of Mauritania
  2. Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  3. Islamic republics
  4. Islamic State
  5. Islamic State in Iraq
  6. Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
  7. Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant
  8. Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
  9. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
  10. Islamically
  11. Islamicate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (page history and authors); ISIS (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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