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État islamique

/e.ta i.sla.mik/

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”).