Turtles and tortoises are closely related. They are both reptiles from the same family (Testudines or Chelonian). The main difference between the two is that turtle is the name given to water-dwellers and tortoise is the name given to land-dwellers.
Sharla /shar-la/ [2 sylls.] as a girls' name is of Old German and Hebrew origin, and Sharla means free man; a fertile plain. Sharla is a version of Caroline (Old German). Sharla is also a form of Charlotte (Old German). Sharla is also used as a form of Sharlene (Old German) and Sharon (Hebrew). Kreatif forms: Sharka.
SHARIA (ISLAMIC LAW). Shari'a is an Arabic word meaning âpathâ or âway.â Today the term is used most commonly to mean âIslamic law,â the detailed system of religious law developed by Muslim scholars in the first three centuries of Islam and still in force among fundamentalists today.