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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.
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Origin of exclave

1885–90; ex-1 + -clave, modeled on enclave
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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
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Word Origin

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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