proper noun/e.ta i.sla.mik/
Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL)
Synonyms: ÉI, EI, Daech, État islamique en Irak et au Levant
Literally, “Islamic State”. From the group's Arabic-language name, الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة (ad-dawla l-ʔislāmiyya, literally “the Islamic State”).