proper noun/e.ta.t‿i.sla.mik ɑ̃.n‿i.ʁak e o l(ə).vɑ̃/
ISIS/ISIL (Islamic State)
Synonyms: ÉIIL, EIIL, Daech, État islamique
Literally, “Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant”. From the translation of the group's Arabic-language name, الدَّوْلَةُ الإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي العِرَاق وَالشَّام (ad-dawla l-ʔislāmiyya fī l-ʕirāq wa-š-šām, literally “the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant”).