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en·clave
(ĕn′klāv′, ŏn′-)n.
1. A country or part of a country lying wholly within the boundaries of another.
2. A distinctly bounded area enclosed within a larger unit: ethnic enclaves in a large city.
[French, from Old French enclaver, to enclose, from Vulgar Latin *inclāvāre : Latin in-, in; see en-1 + Latin clāvis, key.]
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enclave
(ˈɛnkleɪv)n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a part of a country entirely surrounded by foreign territory: viewed from the position of the surrounding territories. Compare exclave
[C19: from French, from Old French enclaver to enclose, from Vulgar Latin inclāvāre (unattested) to lock up, from Latin in-2 + clavis key]
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en•clave
(ˈɛn kleɪv, ˈɑn-)n., v. -claved, -clav•ing. n.
1. a country or a portion of a country surrounded by foreign territory.
2. any small, distinct area or group enclosed or isolated within a larger one.
v.t. 3. to make an enclave of.
[1865–70; < French, Middle French, n. derivative of enclaver < Vulgar Latin *inclāvāre to lock in = Latin in- in-2 + -clāvāre, derivative of clāvis key]
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enclave
, exclave - An enclave is a group or area different from the surroundings, a secured area within another secured area, from Latin clavis, "key"; an exclave is the same thing, but usually describes a portion of a country separated from the main part and surrounded by politically alien territory.See also related terms for surrounded.
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| Noun | 1. | enclave - an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it district, territorial dominion, territory, dominion - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes |
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enclave
noun area, community, quarter, haven, region, county, reserve, district, province, reservation, constituency, borough, homeland, precinct an Armenian enclave inside Azerbaijan
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Translations
enklaavi
hólmlenda
enklave
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enclave
[ˈɛŋkleɪv] n → enclave fa Spanish enclave → une enclave espagnole
a Muslim enclave → une enclave musulmane
an enclave in → une enclave en
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enclave
n → Enklave f
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