ENCLAVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does enclave mean? 

• ENCLAVE (noun)
  The noun ENCLAVE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ENCLAVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENCLAVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("enclave" is a kind of...):

district; dominion; territorial dominion; territory (a region marked off for administrative or other purposes)

 Context examples 

A country in Southern Africa, an enclave of South Africa.

(Lesotho, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A country in southern Africa, an enclave of South Africa.

(Lesotho, NCI Thesaurus)

An enclave of Rome (Italy).

(Holy See (Vatican City State), NCI Thesaurus)