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Daesh

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proper noun

(also Da'esh)

  • A militant Islamic fundamentalist group active particularly in Syria and Iraq.

    Also called Islamic State, ISIL, ISIS

Pronunciation

Daesh

/ˈdäeSH/ /ˈdɑɛʃ/

Origin

Arabic, acronym for al-dawla al-ʼislāmiyya fī ʼl-ʻirāq wa ʼl-šām ‘the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant’.