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Meaning of EXCLAVE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ex*clave"\, n. [Formed fr. enclave by substitution of
ex- for en-]
A portion of a country which is separated from the main part
and surrounded by politically alien territory. [Recent.]
Note: The same territory is an enclave in respect to the
      surrounding country and an exclave with respect to the
      country to which it is politically attached.
 
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