ENCLAVE
| Pronunciation: | | 'enkleyv
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| Matching Terms: | | Enclavement
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| | Definition: | | [n] an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it |
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| | See Also: | | district, territory | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\En*clave"\, n. [F., fr. L. in + clavus a nail.]
A tract of land or a territory inclosed within another
territory of which it is independent. See {Exclave}. [Recent]
\En*clave"\, v. t. [Cf. F. enclaver.]
To inclose within an alien territory. [Recent]
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| | Related Terms: | | arena, block, cincture, clos, close, confine, container, coop, court, courtyard, croft, curtilage, delimited field, enclosure, field, fold, forty, ground, kraal, list, lot, pale, paling, parcel of land, park, patch, pen, plat, plot, plot of ground, quad, quadrangle, real estate, section, square, theater, toft, tract, yard |
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