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The Latin word insula means "island"
THE DEFINITION OF INSULAR: RELATING TO; CHARACTERISTIC OF, OR SITUATED ON AN ISLAND; NARROW OR ISOLATED. EXAMPLE: You seem too sophisticated to hold such insular opinions.
n·su·lar [in-suh-ler, ins-yuh-]-adjective1.of or pertaining to an island or islands: insular possessions.2.dwelling or situated on an island.3.forming an island: insular rocks.4.detached; standing alone; isolated.5.of, pertaining to, or characteristic of islanders.6.narrow-minded or illiberal; provincial: insular attitudes towardforeigners.7.Pathology . occurring in or characterized by one or moreisolated spots, patches, or the like.8.Anatomy . pertaining to an island of cells or tissue, as theislets of Langerhans.-noun9.an inhabitant of an island; islander.
Of or pertaining to an island; of the nature, or possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an insular climate, fauna, etc., Of or pertaining to the people of an island; narrow; circumscribed; illiberal; contracted; as, insular habits, opinions, or prejudices., An islander.
the island on the southeast side of Greece is the aeolian island.
The insular people of North Korea have no idea what the world is like outside of their own country.
the island on the southeast side of Greece is the aeolian island.
The term "insular" means something that resembles or relating to an island, forming an island. It can also mean narrow minded. Some synonyms are: Closed, confined, cut off, contracted, restricted.
From the Latin word insula = island.
Wax-resist dyeing techniques, called batik in insular Southeast Asia, were practiced in the first millennium B.C. in Egypt and the first millennium A.D. in China and Japan. The island of Java in Indonesia is most famous for its batik.
Sri Lanka is the island nation southeast of India.