saari — meaning in English
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English meaning
- insular adjective Interested only in your own group or community and uninterested in ideas or people from outside it.
- island noun A piece of land completely surrounded by water.
- leg noun One of the limbs used for standing and walking.
- shank noun The lower leg, between the knee and the ankle, in people or animals.
- shin noun The front part of the lower leg, between the knee and the ankle.
Senses
saari is used for these senses in English:
- insular Of or being, pertaining to, situated on, or resembling an island or islands.
- insular (linguistics, anthropology) (often with a capital letter) Relating to the varieties of a language or languages spoken chiefly on islands. Insular Latin, Latin as it was spoken in Britain and Ireland. Insular Celtic, the Celtic languages of Britain, Ireland and also Brittany, as opposed to those spoken in mainland Europe other than Brittany. Insular Scandinavian, relating to the Icelandic and Faroese languages as opposed to the ones spoken in Sweden, Denmark and Norway.
- island (by extension, in place names) A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, partially surrounded by water; a peninsula; a half-island.
- island An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.
- leg In humans, the lower limb extending from the groin to the ankle.
- leg (anatomy) The portion of the lower limb of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.
- shank The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached.
- shin The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: w:Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
insular — full definition
- adjective Interested only in your own group or community and uninterested in ideas or people from outside it.
- adjective Of or relating to an island or islands.
island — full definition
- noun A piece of land completely surrounded by water.
- noun Something that is isolated or set apart, resembling an island figuratively.
- verb To cut off or isolate, as if surrounding with water.