[en-kleyv, ahn-] 
noun, verb, -claved, -clav⋅ing.| 1. | a country, or esp., 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. |
| 3. | to isolate or enclose (esp. territory) within a foreign or uncongenial environment; make an enclave of: The desert enclaved the little settlement. |
| en·clave (ěn'klāv', ŏn'-) n.
[French, from Old French enclaver, to enclose, from Vulgar Latin *inclāvāre : Latin in-, in; see en-1 + Latin clāvis, key.] |
enclave en·clave (ěn'klāv', ŏn'-)
n.
A detached mass of tissue enclosed in tissue of another kind.
