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Definition of exclave in English: exclavenoun ˈɛkskleɪvˈeksklāv A portion of territory of one state completely surrounded by territory of another or others, as viewed by the home territory. Compare with enclave Example sentencesExamples - The autonomous region of Nakhichevan formed an exclave within Armenia, while a second area, that of Nagorno Karabagh, inhabited by Christian Armenians and claimed by Armenia, lay within the Republic.
- Earlier Wednesday, fierce winds snapped the mast of a Polish sailboat in the Baltic Sea off the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.
- Now a Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania, the city was formerly called Königsberg, the capital of East Prussia and was annexed by the Russians at the end of World War II.
- And the only neighbours of the Russian exclave, Poland and Lithuania, were not invited to the festivities.
Origin Late 19th century: from ex-1 'out' + a shortened form of enclave. Definition of exclave in US English: exclavenounˈeksklāv A portion of territory of one state completely surrounded by territory of another or others, as viewed by the home territory. Compare with enclave Example sentencesExamples - Earlier Wednesday, fierce winds snapped the mast of a Polish sailboat in the Baltic Sea off the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.
- The autonomous region of Nakhichevan formed an exclave within Armenia, while a second area, that of Nagorno Karabagh, inhabited by Christian Armenians and claimed by Armenia, lay within the Republic.
- Now a Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania, the city was formerly called Königsberg, the capital of East Prussia and was annexed by the Russians at the end of World War II.
- And the only neighbours of the Russian exclave, Poland and Lithuania, were not invited to the festivities.
Origin Late 19th century: from ex- ‘out’ + a shortened form of enclave. |