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kleɪvnoun
1.
a country, or especially, an outlying portion of a country, entirely or mostly surrounded by the territory of another country.
2.
any small, distinct area or group enclosed or isolated within a larger one: a Chinese-speaking enclave in London.
verb (used with object)
3.
to isolate or enclose (especially territory) within a foreign or uncongenial environment; make an enclave of: The desert enclaved the little settlement.
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Enclave
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Origin:
1865–70; < French, Middle French, noun derivative of enclaver < Vulgar Latin *inclāvāre to lock in, equivalent to Latin in- in-2 + clāv(is) key + -āre infinitive suffix
1865–70; < French, Middle French, noun derivative of enclaver < Vulgar Latin *inclāvāre to lock in, equivalent to Latin in- in-2 + clāv(is) key + -āre infinitive suffix
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Example Sentences
- Everyone is disgruntled and then gets squirreled away in their own vapid enclave.
- The graceful, soothing enclave of squat tenements and historic architecture became the neighborhood's main draw for me.
- Sausalito, an artists' enclave and marina, lies to the west across a mile or two of choppy water.
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| enclave (ˈɛnkleɪv) | |
| —n | |
| Compare exclave a part of a country entirely surrounded by foreign territory: viewed from the position of the surrounding territories | |
| [C19: from French, from Old French enclaver to enclose, from Vulgar Latin inclāvāre (unattested) to lock up, from Latin | |
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Word Origin & History
enclave
1868, from Fr. enclave, from O.Fr. enclaver "enclose," from L.L. inclavare "shut in, lock up," from L. in- "in" + clavis "key" (see slot (2)).
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Medical Dictionary
enclave en·clave (ěn'klāv', ŏn'-)
n.
A detached mass of tissue enclosed in tissue of another kind.
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