hizballah

Other forms of hizballah

plural

hizballahs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hizballah

What does hizballah mean?

hizballah means "a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon".

How many syllables are in hizballah?

hizballah has 3 syllables: hiz-bal-lah. The stress falls on "hiz".

What is another word for hizballah?

Close synonyms include Hezbollah, Hizbollah, Hizbullah, Lebanese Hizballah, Party of God. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hizballah a common word?

hizballah is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.