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1. (adj.) insular
of or pertaining to an island or islands.
2. insular
dwelling or situated on an island.
3. insular
forming an island:
insular rocks.
4. insular
detached; isolated.
5. insular
of or characteristic of islanders.
6. insular
narrow-minded or illiberal; provincial:
insular attitudes.
7. insular
Pathol. characterized by isolated spots or patches.
8. insular
Anat. of or pertaining to islands of tissue, as the islets of Langerhans.
Etymology: (1605–15; < LL insulāris= L insul(a) island +-āris-ar1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) insular
relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
"insular territories"; "Hawaii's insular culture"
2. (adj) insular
suggestive of the isolated life of an island
"an exceedingly insular man; so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist"- Leonard Michaels
3. (adj) insular, parochial
narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
"little sympathy with parochial mentality"; "insular attitudes toward foreigners"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) insular
of or pertaining to an island; of the nature, or possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an insular climate, fauna, etc
2. (adj) insular
of or pertaining to the people of an island; narrow; circumscribed; illiberal; contracted; as, insular habits, opinions, or prejudices
3. (noun) insular
an islander
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Sense: of, or belonging to, an island or islands
There are some plants that grow only in an insular climate.
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 Afrikaans: geïsoleerde |
 Arabic: جَزيري، خاص بجَزيرَه |
 Bulgarian: островен |
 Brazilian: insular |
 Czech: ostrovní |
 German: Insel-... |
 Danish: ø- |
 Greek: νησιώτικος |
 Spanish: insular |
 Estonian: saare- |
 Farsi: جزیره ای |
 Finnish: saari- |
 French: insulaire |
 Hebrew: שֶׁל אִי |
 Hindi: अलग-थलग |
 Croatian: otočni |
 Hungarian: szigeti |
 Indonesian: pulau |
 Icelandic: eyja- |
 Italian: insulare |
 Japanese: 島の |
 Korean: 섬의, 섬을 형성하는 |
 Lithuanian: salos |
 Latvian: salas-; salu- |
 Malay: kepulauan |
 Dutch: eiland- |
 Norwegian: øy- |
 Polish: wyspiarski |
 Persian: جزیره ای |
 Pashto: ټاپو (جزيره) يا دهغه اوسي |
 Portuguese: insular |
 Romanian: insular |
 Russian: островной |
 Slovak: ostrovný |
 Slovenian: otoški |
 Serbian: ostrvski |
 Swedish: insulär, ö- |
 Thai: อย่างหมู่เกาะ |
 Turkish: adaya ait, adasal |
 Taiwanese: 海島的 |
 Ukrainian: острівний; властивий остр |
 Urdu: جزیرے کی طرح الگ تھلگ |
 Vietnamese: ở đảo |
 Chinese: 海岛的 |
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