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enclave

[ en-kleyv, ahn- ]

noun

  1. a country, or especially, an outlying portion of a country, entirely or mostly surrounded by the territory of another country.
  2. any small, distinct area or group enclosed or isolated within a larger one:

    a Chinese-speaking enclave in London.



verb (used with object)

enclaved, enclaving.
  1. to isolate or enclose (especially territory) within a foreign or uncongenial environment; make an enclave of:

    The desert enclaved the little settlement.

enclave

/ ˈɛ԰ɪ /

noun

  1. a part of a country entirely surrounded by foreign territory: viewed from the position of the surrounding territories Compare exclave
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of enclave1

1865–70; < French, Middle French, noun derivative of enclaver < Vulgar Latin *Գ屹 to lock in, equivalent to Latin in- in- 2 + ( is ) key + - infinitive suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of enclave1

C19: from French, from Old French enclaver to enclose, from Vulgar Latin in屹āre (unattested) to lock up, from Latin in- ² + clavis key
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Example Sentences

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South American theft groups, also called burglary tourists, have arrived in the country on tourist visas and then targeted wealthy enclaves across California in recent years, according to law enforcement.

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Malibu is a separate city from Los Angeles, but the plaintiffs allege that L.A. and its DWP’s actions and inaction before the fire broke out contributed to its spread to the neighboring coastal enclave.

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Beatty’s scabrous satire follows a Black man who decides to reinstate slavery in his rural Los Angeles enclave, a crime for which he finds himself in the hallowed halls of the Supreme Court.

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Then, in 2020, Azerbaijan - backed by Turkey - regained control of big swathes of the lost territory, while the Karabakh enclave remained in the hands of ethnic Armenian separatists.

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After the Palisades fire upended the education of thousands of students in and around the coastal enclave, Santa Monica relaxed rules so that displaced schools could move there.

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