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Webster 1913 Edition


Exclave

Ex-clave′

,
Noun.
[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.]
☞ 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.

Definition 2024


exclave

exclave

English

Noun

exclave (plural exclaves)

  1. A portion of a country's territory not connected to the main part
    Alaska and Kaliningrad are both examples of exclaves.
  2. (medicine, rare) A detached part of an organ, as of the pancreas, thyroid, or other gland.

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