Hisbollah
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Etymology[edit]
From Arabic حِزْبُ اللهِ (ḥizbu llāhi, literally “the party of God”), after Quran 5:56, which Shiites interpret as referring to the Imams and those who support them.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /hɪsˈbɔla/ (usual spelling pronunciation)
- IPA(key): /ˌhɪzboˈlaː/ (rarer, learned; approximating standard Arabic)
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Proper noun[edit]
Hisbollah f (genitive Hisbollahs or Hisbollah)
- (with definite article) Hezbollah (Lebanese Shiite political organisation)