Daech

French

Etymology

Transliteration of Arabic دَاعِش (dāʕiš, literally “D.I.I.S.”), the Arabic language acronym for الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق وَالشَّام (ad-dawla l-ʔislāmiyya fī l-ʕirāq wa-š-šām)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /da.ɛʃ/

Proper noun

Daech m

  1. Daesh (ISIS/ISIL/Islamic State)

Synonyms

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