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Hezbollah en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈhɛz.bə.lə/
• (Southern-England) audio
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌhɛzˈboʊ.lɑ/
• /-bɒ-/
• /ˌhɛz.bəˈlɑ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِزْب اللّٰه (ḥizb allāh, literally “party of God”).

Meanings

1. A Lebanese Shi'a Islamist political party and paramilitary group.
   • Israel intercepted a missile fired by Hezbollah near Tel Aviv on Wednesday, an unprecedented attack by the militant group that reached deep into the country’s commercial heartlands and marked a new escalatory step in the conflict between the two sides. 2024 September 25, Irene Nasser, Dana Karni, Helen Regan, Sophie Tanno, “Israel intercepts Hezbollah ballistic missile near Tel Aviv in first such attack”, in CNN, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2024:
   • The Hariri-Aoun agreement has shown that Hezbollah can bring the national political system to a halt. This happened in the past several years, and it worsened conditions in sectors such as foreign debt, electricity output, rubbish collection, water delivery, and other essential services, to the discomfort of the majority of Lebanese who have spoken out intermittently against the oligarchy of sectarian leaders who rule the country. 2016 October 22, Rami G Khouri, “Lebanese oligarchy preserves its interests once again”, in Al Jazeera, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2022:
   • There are fears of another war between Hezbollah and Israel as border clashes continue.

Forms

Deriveds

Hezbollahzation · Hezbollywood · Hezbollahization

Synonyms

Hezb

Translations (68)

ru Хезбалла́ (Translations) · ja ヒズボラ (Translations) · be Хэзбала́ (Translations) · fi Hizbollah (Translations) · el Χεζμπολάχ (Translations) · hi हिज़बुल्लाह (Translations) · ro Hezbollah (Translations) · ru Хезболла́ (Translations) · af Hezbollah (Translations) · sv Hizbollah (Translations) · pl Hezbollah (Translations) · vi Hezbollah (Translations) · es Hizbulá (Translations) · da Hizbollah (Translations) · ug ھىزبۇللا (Translations) · he חיזבאללה (Translations) · fr Hezbollah (Translations) · ca Hesbol·là (Translations) · uk Хізбалла́ (Translations) · tr Hizbullah (Translations) · ru Хизбалла́х (Translations) · lt Hezbollah (Translations) · ru Хизбалла́ (Translations) · bg Хизбулла́х (Translations) · br Hezbollah (Translations) · ta ஹெஸ்புல்லா (Translations) · he חִזְבַּאלְלָה (Translations) · sh Хезболлах (Translations) · cv Хезболла (Translations) · hu Hezbollah (Translations) · ca Hezbol·là (Translations) · sq Hizbullah (Translations) · pt Hizbollah (Translations) · el Χεζμπολά (Translations) · mk Хезболах (Translations) · sh Hezbollah (Translations) · uz Hizbulloh (Translations) · ur حِزْبُ اللّٰہ (Translations) · tg Ҳизбуллоҳ (Translations) · eo Hizbulaho (Translations) · sw Hezbollah (Translations) · be Хезбала́ (Translations) · ar حِزْب اللّٰه (Translations) · fa-ira حِزْبُالله (Translations) · sk Hizballáh (Translations) · nb Hizbollah (Translations) · bg Хизбула́ (Translations) · it Hezbollah (Translations) · nl Hezbollah (Translations) · es Hezbolá (Translations) · et Ḩizb Allāh (Translations) · cs Hizballáh (Translations) · yi חיזבאלא (Translations) · sl Hezbolah (Translations) · tt Хизбуллаһ (Translations) · ms Hizbullah (Translations) · ru Хизбулла́х (Translations) · ko 헤즈볼라 (Translations) · ru Хезболла́х (Translations) · ka ჰეზბოლა (Translations) · de Hisbollah (Translations) · th ฮิซบุลลอหฺ (Translations) · es Hisbulah (Translations) · id Hizbullah (Translations) · sh Хезболах (Translations) · ps حزب الله (Translations) · gl Hesbulá (Translations) · hy Հեզբոլլահ (Translations)