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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

Islamic State of 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 of Iraq and Syria

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

Words near Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Islamic State of 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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