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enclave

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en·clave  (nklv, n-)
n.
1. A country or part of a country lying wholly within the boundaries of another.
2. A distinctly bounded area enclosed within a larger unit: ethnic enclaves in a large city.

[French, from Old French enclaver, to enclose, from Vulgar Latin *inclvre : Latin in-, in; see en-1 + Latin clvis, key.]

enclave [ˈɛnkleɪv]
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a part of a country entirely surrounded by foreign territory: viewed from the position of the surrounding territories Compare exclave
[from French, from Old French enclaver to enclose, from Vulgar Latin inclāvāre (unattested) to lock up, from Latin in-2 + clavis key]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.enclave - an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it
district, territorial dominion, territory, dominion - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

enclave
Translations
enclave [ˈenkleɪv] Nenclave m
enclave [ˈɛŋkleɪv] nenclave f
a Spanish enclave → une enclave espagnole
a Muslim enclave → une enclave musulmane
an enclave in → une enclave en
enclave
nEnklave f
enclave [ˈɛnkleɪv] nenclave f inv
enclave [ˈɛnkleɪv] nenclave f inv


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Like a dado round the room was the jutting line of splendid heavy game-heads, the best of their sort from every quarter of the world, with the rare white rhinoceros of the Lado Enclave drooping its supercilious lip above them all.
 
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