Saar facts for kids

Saar has several meanings:

Places

• Saar, Bahrain, a town in Bahrain
• Saarland, a federal state of Germany
• Saar River, a river running through the borderlands of France and Germany
• Saar (protectorate), a French protectorate (1947–1956)
• Saargebiet, the League of Nations governed Territory of the Saar Basin (1920–1935)
• Sarre (département), a French département (1798–1814)

People

• Ain Saar, an Ugaunian partisan leader
• Alison Saar (born 1956), an American artist
• Betye Saar (born 1926), an American artist
• Johann Jacob Saar, a 17th-century German explorer from Nuremberg
• Ferdinand von Saar, an 19th-century Austrian writer

Other

• A Sanskrit word from India, means "Extract".
• A male name in Hebrew derived from one of two words: Se'ara (storm) or Sahar (crescent). When derived from the word 'Sahar' it is usually spelled as Sahar.
• Several classes of Israeli missile boats:
  • Saar 3 class missile boat
  • Saar 4 class missile boat
  • Saar 4.5 class missile boat
  • Saar 5 class missile boat

SAAR may refer to:

• Seasonally Adjusted Annual sales Rate, also Industry SAAR.
• Standard Annual Average Rainfall, a hydrological term used in the Flood Estimation Handbook (FEH).