pene-exclave

[ pen-ey-eks-kleyv ]

noun

a region within the borders of the country to which it belongs, but lacking road access or having road access only from another country (often used attributively): Kleinwalsertal is an Austrian pene-exclave, a valley region accessible only from Germany because of the surrounding Alps.

Origin of pene-exclave

¹

First recorded in1960–65; pene- + exclave

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