Adjective: insular in-su-lur or in-syû-lur [N. Amer], in-syû-lu(r) [Brit]
- Relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island
"insular territories"; "Hawaii's insular culture"
- 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"
- Narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
"insular attitudes toward foreigners";
- parochial
Sounds like: in
See also: private, provincial
Encyclopedia: Insular