Definition of enclaves Enclaves
/ɑˈnklejˌvz/ - [ankleyvz] -
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What does enclaves mean?
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- enclaves (Noun)
Plural of enclave.
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| enclave - an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it |
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- enclave (Noun)
A political, cultural or social entity or part thereof that is completely surrounded by another. - enclave (Noun)
A group that is set off from a larger population by its characteristic or behavior. - enclave (Verb)
To enclose within a foreign territory.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- enclave (n.)
A tract of land or a territory inclosed within another territory of which it is independent. See Exclave. - enclave (v. t.)
To inclose within an alien territory.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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enclave
A country or part of a country lying wholly within the boundaries of another.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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enclave
en-klāv′, or äng-klāv′, n. a territory entirely enclosed within the territories of another power.—v.t. to surround in this way. [Fr.,—Late L. inclavāre—L. in, and clavis, a key.]
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In general use, an enclave can be any special area of a bigger area of land, such as a part of a city that has different taxes than the rest of the city.
In political geography, an enclave is a piece of land which has a different country totally arounded it. If another country has sovereignty over it, it is also called an "exclave" of that other country.
Exclaves can also exist within a country. This is when some administrative regions have "holes" (of other such regions) in them.
The word "enclave" is a relatively new word in the language of diplomacy: Diplomats are used to speaking French. The word comes from late Latin "inclavatus", which can be translated as "shut in, locked up" (with a key, from Latin "clavis", key). The word got in the English language in the year 1868. "exclave" (with a similar meaning) followed 3 decades later.
Enclaves may be created for a variety of historical, political or geographical reasons. Some areas have been left as enclaves simply because a river changed its course.
Since living in an enclave can be very inconvenient and many agreements have to be found by both countries over mail addresses, power supply or passage rights, enclaves tend to be eliminated and many cases that existed before have now been removed. Sometimes it is the case, that enclaves are traded for one another.
In English Church history, subnational enclaves were known as peculiars (see also Royal Peculiar).
Enclaved countries.
See also List of countries that border only one
