pene-exclave

[pen-ey-eks-kleyv]

noun

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pene-exclave¹

First recorded in 1960–65; pene- ( def. ) + exclave ( def. )

Example Sentences

Gurcan lives in Point Roberts, Whatcom County, a 5-square-mile pene-exclave that shares a land border with Canada and is otherwise surrounded by the waters of Boundary Bay.

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