# Islamic State

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A Salafist group active in Libya, Nigeria, Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed an (unrecognized) state.
2. The unrecognized state (caliphate) proclaimed by this group.

## Etymology
From the group's Arabic-language name, الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة (ad-dawla l-ʔislāmiyya, literally “the Islamic State”).

## Source
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