See insular in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Far from centers of human population:
back, isolated, lonely, lonesome, obscure, outlying, out-of-the-way, remote, removed, secluded, solitary. Idiom: off the beaten path (or track). See nearHaving the restricted outlook often characteristic of geographic isolation:
limited, local, narrow, narrow-minded, parochial, provincial, small-town. See limited
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