Caliphate State
- proper noun
- NSFW
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Estado Califa
- The Caliphate State has been linked to various terrorist activities in Europe.
Examples
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Members of the Caliphate State were arrested on charges of plotting attacks against Turkish officials.
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The German authorities increased their surveillance of the Caliphate State after new threats emerged.
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The international community has condemned the violent ideology promoted by the Caliphate State.
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Many governments are concerned about the influence of the Caliphate State in Germany.
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The German authorities increased their surveillance of the Caliphate State after new threats emerged.
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Members of the Caliphate State were arrested on charges of plotting attacks against Turkish officials.
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The international community has condemned the violent ideology promoted by the Caliphate State.
Synonyms
A Turkish armed group linked to al-Qaeda seeks to violently replace Turkey's government with an Islamic state like Iran
A Turkish armed Islamist group linked to al-Qaeda that wants to overthrow the government
How Islamic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The components 'caliphate' (a polity led by a caliph) and 'state' (a nation) transparently combine to yield the general notion of a state that is a caliphate, so a learner who knows both words can infer a political entity. However, the specific referent here—a particular Turkish terrorist organization with political and historical connotations—is not derivable from the parts alone and requires extra world knowledge, making the expression only partially transparent.
Etymology
Caliphate State comes from the two parts caliphate and state; a caliphate is an old word for a Muslim ruler's country and state means 'country'. The name was chosen by a violent group from Turkey to show it wanted to create a religious 'state', so the words explain the group's aim and why it is described as a terrorist group.