proper noun/da.ɛʃ/
Daesh (ISIS/ISIL/Islamic State)
Synonyms: État islamique en Irak et au Levant, État islamique
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)