Hezbollah

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/ˌhɛz.bəˈlɑ//ˈhɛz.bə.lə//ˌhɛzˈboʊ.lɑ//-bɒ-/

proper noun

A Lebanese Shi'a Islamist political party and paramilitary group.

“There are fears of another war between Hezbollah and Israel as border clashes continue.”

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Hizbullah · alternative Hizbollah · alternative Hizballah · alternative Hizb Allah

  1. A Lebanese Shi'a Islamist political party and paramilitary group.

    There are fears of another war between Hezbollah and Israel as border clashes continue.

    2 more examples

    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

    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

    Synonyms: Hezb

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA Lebanese Shi'a Islamist political party and paramilitary group.

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Origin

  1. Arabicحِزْب اللّٰه
  2. EnglishHezbollah

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

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Translations

Afrikaans Hezbollah
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Arabic حِزْبُ ٱللّٰه
  • حِزْبُ ٱللّٰه (ḥizbu llāh)Translations
Bulgarian Хизбула́, Хизбулла́х
  • Хизбула́ (Hizbulá)Translations
  • Хизбулла́х (Hizbulláh)Translations
Catalan Hesbol·là, Hezbol·là
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Czech Hizballáh
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Danish Hizbollah
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Dutch Hezbollah
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Esperanto Hizbulaho
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Estonian Ḩizb Allāh
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Finnish Hizbollah
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French Hezbollah
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German Hisbollah
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Greek Χεζμπολάχ, Χεζμπολά
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Hebrew חיזבאללה, חִזְבַּאלְלָה
  • חיזבאללה (hizballa)Translations
  • חִזְבַּאלְלָה (hizballa)Translations
Hindi हिज़बुल्लाह
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Hungarian Hezbollah
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Indonesian Hizbullah
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Italian Hezbollah
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Japanese ヒズボラ
  • ヒズボラ (Hizubora)Translations
Korean 헤즈볼라
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Lithuanian Hezbollah
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Malay Hizbullah
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Norwegian Bokmål Hizbollah
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Polish Hezbollah
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Portuguese Hizbollah
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Romanian Hezbollah
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Russian Хезболла́, Хезбалла́
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  • Хезбалла́ (Xezballá)Translations
  • Хезболла́х (Xezbolláx)Translations
  • Хизбалла́ (Xizballá)Translations
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Slovak Hizballáh
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Spanish Hezbolá, Hisbulah
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Swahili Hezbollah
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Swedish Hizbollah
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Tamil ஹெஸ்புல்லா
  • ஹெஸ்புல்லா (hespullā)Translations
Thai ฮิซบุลลอหฺ
  • ฮิซบุลลอหฺ (hít-bul-lɔɔ)Translations
Turkish Hizbullah
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Ukrainian Хізбалла́
  • Хізбалла́ (Xizballá)Translations
Urdu حِزْبُ اللّٰہ
  • حِزْبُ اللّٰہ (hizbu llāh)Translations
Vietnamese Hezbollah
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Yiddish חיזבאלא
  • חיזבאלא (hizballa)Translations
Cite this entry
APA

Hezbollah. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hezbollah

MLA

“Hezbollah.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hezbollah. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hezbollah,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hezbollah.

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