proper noun/e.ta.t‿i.sla.mik d‿i.ʁak/
Islamic State in Iraq; former name of Daech (État islamique en Irak et au Levant)
Synonyms: ÉII, EII
From the group's former Arabic-language name, الدَّوْلَةُ الْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق (ad-dawlatu l-ʔislāmiyya(t) fī l-ʕirāq, literally “the Islamic State in Iraq”).