exclave

[eks-kleyv]

noun

1. a portion of a country geographically separated from the main part by surrounding foreign territory.

   West Berlin was an exclave of West Germany.

exclave

/ ˈɛkskleɪv /

noun

1. a part of a country entirely surrounded by foreign territory: viewed from the position of the home country Compare enclave

Word History and Origins

Origin of exclave¹

First recorded in 1885–90; ex- ¹ + -clave, modeled on enclave

Word History and Origins

Origin of exclave¹

C20: from _ex- ¹ + -clave, on the model of _enclave

Example Sentences

For Europe, the latent threat to Nato countries comes primarily from Russia's missiles, some of which are stationed on the Baltic coast in Russia's exclave of Kaliningrad.

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The route will connect Azerbaijan and its autonomous Nakhchivan exclave, which are separated by Armenian territory.

From BBC

Its unclear where the vessels are bound for, though all three have continued sailing through the Baltic and may be moving towards ports in mainland Russia or Kaliningrad - an exclave between Poland and Lithuania.

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Lithuania - a member of the Nato military alliance - also shares a border with Kaliningrad, a heavily militarised Russian exclave on the Black Sea.

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Another example is the recent allegation of Russian electronic interference in flights passing close to its exclave of Kaliningrad on the Baltic coast.

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Related Words

• area 
• colony 
• country 
• district 
• enclave 
• field 
• land 
• nation 
• neighborhood 
• province 
• sector 
• state 
• street 
• terrain 
• zone