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ISIL — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • Isis name An ancient Egyptian goddess of motherhood, magic, and fertility, worshipped as the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus.

Senses

ISIL is used for these senses in English:

  • ISIS A Salafist group mainly active in Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed itself as a (unrecognized) state and later caliphate. [from 2013]

Isis — full definition

  1. name An ancient Egyptian goddess of motherhood, magic, and fertility, worshipped as the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus.
  2. name A traditional name for the River Thames along the stretch above Oxford.

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