Islamic State

== English == === Etymology === From the group's Arabic-language name, الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة (ad-dawla l-ʔislāmiyya, literally “the Islamic State”). === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === the Islamic State A Salafist group active in Libya, Nigeria, Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed an (unrecognized) state. The unrecognized state (caliphate) proclaimed by this group. ==== Synonyms ==== IS (abbreviation) Daesh, Da'esh, Daish, Da'ish (exonym, also derogatory) ISIS, Isis, ISIL (former name) Islamic State in Iraq / ISI (former name) al-Qaeda in Iraq / AQI (former name) ==== Derived terms ==== IS (abbreviation) IS-K ==== Translations ====