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单词 enclave
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enclave


en·clave

E0127000 (ĕn′klāv′, ŏn′-)n.1. A country or part of a country lying wholly within the boundaries of another.2. A distinctly bounded area enclosed within a larger unit: ethnic enclaves in a large city.
[French, from Old French enclaver, to enclose, from Vulgar Latin *inclāvāre : Latin in-, in; see en-1 + Latin clāvis, key.]

enclave

(ˈɛnkleɪv) n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a part of a country entirely surrounded by foreign territory: viewed from the position of the surrounding territories. Compare exclave[C19: from French, from Old French enclaver to enclose, from Vulgar Latin inclāvāre (unattested) to lock up, from Latin in-2 + clavis key]

en•clave

(ˈɛn kleɪv, ˈɑn-)

n., v. -claved, -clav•ing. n. 1. a country or a portion of a country surrounded by foreign territory. 2. any small, distinct area or group enclosed or isolated within a larger one. v.t. 3. to make an enclave of. [1865–70; < French, Middle French, n. derivative of enclaver < Vulgar Latin *inclāvāre to lock in = Latin in- in-2 + -clāvāre, derivative of clāvis key]

enclave

, exclave - An enclave is a group or area different from the surroundings, a secured area within another secured area, from Latin clavis, "key"; an exclave is the same thing, but usually describes a portion of a country separated from the main part and surrounded by politically alien territory.See also related terms for surrounded.
Thesaurus
Noun1.enclave - an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds itdistrict, territorial dominion, territory, dominion - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

enclave

noun area, community, quarter, haven, region, county, reserve, district, province, reservation, constituency, borough, homeland, precinct an Armenian enclave inside Azerbaijan
Translations

enclave


enclave

a part of a country entirely surrounded by foreign territory: viewed from the position of the surrounding territories

enclave

[′än‚klāv] (computer science) domain

enclave


enclave

 [en´klāv] tissue detached from its normal connection and enclosed within another organ.

en·clave

(en'klāv, ahn-klahv'), An enclosure; a detached mass of tissue enclosed in tissue of another kind; seen especially in the case of isolated masses of gland tissue detached from the main gland. [Fr. fr. L. clavis, key]

en·clave

(en'klāv, on') An enclosure; a detached mass of tissue enclosed in tissue of another kind; seen especially in the case of isolated masses of gland tissue detached from the main gland. [Fr. fr. L. clavis, key]

enclave


  • noun

Synonyms for enclave

noun area

Synonyms

  • area
  • community
  • quarter
  • haven
  • region
  • county
  • reserve
  • district
  • province
  • reservation
  • constituency
  • borough
  • homeland
  • precinct

Words related to enclave

noun an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it

Related Words

  • district
  • territorial dominion
  • territory
  • dominion
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