Saar

Saar or SAAR has several meanings:

People

Given name

• Saar Boubacar (born 1951), Senegalese professional football player
• Saar Ganor, Israeli archaeologist
• Saar Klein (born 1967), American film editor

Surname

• Ain Saar (born 1968), Estonian (Võro) punk rocker and freedom fighter
• Alison Saar (born 1956), American artist
• Anti Saar (born 1980), Estonian children’s writer and translator
• Betye Saar (born 1926), American artist
• Elmar Saar (1908–1981), Estonian footballer and coach
• Erik Saar, American intelligence officer
• Evar Saar (born 1969), Estonian (Võro) non-fiction writer
• Ferdinand von Saar (1833–1906), Austrian writer
• Getter Saar (badminton) (born 1992), Estonian badminton player
• Getter Saar (born 1999), Estonian footballer
• Gideon Sa'ar (born 1966), Israeli politician
• Heleri Saar (born 1979), Estonian footballer
• Indrek Saar (born 1973), Estonian actor and politician
• Jüri Saar (born 1956), Estonian politician
• Katriin Saar (born 2002), Estonian tennis player
• Ketlin Saar (born 1997), Estonian footballer
• Leonid Saar (1913–2010), Estonian basketball player, ice hockey player and footballer
• Margus Saar (born 1966), Estonian television journalist and producer
• Martin Saar (born 1980), Estonian artist
• Mart Saar (1882–1963), Estonian composer
• Takács de Saár, Hungarian noble family
• Tõnu Saar (1944–2022), Estonian actor
• Ulla Saar (born 1975), Estonian illustrator, product designer, graphic artist, and interior designer
• Valeri Saar (born 1955), Estonian military major general

Places

• Sa'ar, a kibbutz in Israel
• Saar, Bahrain, a town in Bahrain
• Saar Region and Saar Area—in context, any of the following:
  • Saarland, a federal state of Germany, often referred to as "the Saar"
  • Saar (League of Nations), a League of Nations governed territory (1920–35)
  • Saar Protectorate, a French protectorate (1947–56)
  • Sarre (département), a French département (1798–1814)
  • Saar (river), a navigable river running through the borderlands of France and Germany
• Saar (Rhine), a tributary of the Alpine Rhine in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen
• Saar (Werra), a tributary of the Werra in Thuringia, Germany
• Sarre, Aosta Valley, a town and comune in Aosta Valley region of North-Western Italy
• South American–Antarctic Ridge, a mid-ocean ridge in the South Atlantic
• Žďár nad Sázavou in Moravia, now Žďár nad Sázavou, which was called Saar under the Austrian monarchy

Other uses

• Several classes of Israeli missile boats:
  • Sa'ar 3-class missile boat
  • Sa'ar 4-class missile boat
  • Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat
  • Sa'ar 5-class corvette
• SS Saar, a German cargo ship in service 1937–45
• German submarine tender Saar, a WWII submarine tender
• Rosario - Islas Malvinas International Airport, ICAO airport code: SAAR
• SAAR Foundation
• Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate, also Industry SAAR
• Saar (film series), a series of Indian Kannada-language comedy films by Rajendra Singh Babu