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exclave - 4 dictionary results

ex⋅clave

[eks-kleyv]
–noun
a portion of a country geographically separated from the main part by surrounding alien territory: West Berlin was an exclave of West Germany.

Origin:
1885–90; ex- 1 + -clave, modeled on enclave
ex·clave   (ěk'sklāv')   
n.  A part of a country that is isolated from the main part and is surrounded by foreign territory.

[ex- + (en)clave.]

Exclave

Ex*clave"\, n. [Formed fr. enclave by substitution of ex- for en-] A portion of a country which is separated from the main part and surrounded by politically alien territory. [Recent.]

Note: The same territory is an enclave in respect to the surrounding country and an exclave with respect to the country to which it is politically attached.

exclave ex·clave (ěk'sklāv')
n.
An outlying, detached portion of a gland or other part, as of the thyroid or pancreas; an accessory gland.

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