exclave

A portion of a country's territory not connected to the main part.

Noun

  1. A portion of a country's territory not connected to the main part.
    • Alaska and Kaliningrad are both examples of exclaves.
    • While there has never been a macronational bedroom nation, some exclaves have been barely larger. - 2006 March 24, r, “World's smallest enclave?”, in Micro-Nations.com (MNO), archived from the original on 10 Aug 2008:
    • Spain’s Melilla, one of two small exclaves of EU land on the African continent, has long been the strongest distillation of fortress Europe. - 2022 March 10, Daniel Howden, “Europe has rediscovered compassion for...

    Coordinate Terms: enclave pene-enclave pene-exclave

  2. A detached part of an organ, as of the pancreas, thyroid (accessory thyroids), or other gland.

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex-der. Middle French ex-bor. Middle English ex- English ex- English (en)clave English exclave From ex- + (en)clave.

Forms

exclaves

Verb

  1. To separate a region in a way that turns it into an exclave.

Forms

exclaves exclaving exclaved