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exclave

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

Origin of exclave

1885–90; ex-1 + -clave, modeled on enclave
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Related Words for exclave

province, sector, land, neighborhood, district, zone, area, country, terrain, colony, nation, field, state, street, enclave, commonwealth, empire, section, mandate, expanse
British Dictionary definitions for exclave

exclave

noun
  1. a part of a country entirely surrounded by foreign territory: viewed from the position of the home countryCompare enclave

Word Origin for exclave

C20: from ex- 1 + -clave, on the model of enclave
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exclave in Medicine

exclave

[ĕk′sklāv′]
n.
  1. An outlying, detached portion of a gland or other part, as of the thyroid or pancreas; an accessory gland.
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