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enclave

[ en-kleyv, ahn- ]

noun

  1. a country, or especially, an outlying portion of a country, entirely or mostly surrounded by the territory of another country.
  2. any small, distinct area or group enclosed or isolated within a larger one:

    a Chinese-speaking enclave in London.



verb (used with object)

enclaved, enclaving.
  1. to isolate or enclose (especially territory) within a foreign or uncongenial environment; make an enclave of:

    The desert enclaved the little settlement.

enclave

/ ˈɛ²Ô°ì±ô±ðɪ±¹ /

noun

  1. a part of a country entirely surrounded by foreign territory: viewed from the position of the surrounding territories Compare exclave
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of enclave1

1865–70; < French, Middle French, noun derivative of enclaver < Vulgar Latin *¾±²Ô³¦±ôÄå±¹Äå°ù±ð to lock in, equivalent to Latin in- in- 2 + ³¦±ôÄå±¹ ( is ) key + -Äå°ù±ð infinitive suffix
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of enclave1

C19: from French, from Old French enclaver to enclose, from Vulgar Latin in³¦±ôÄå±¹Äre (unattested) to lock up, from Latin in- ² + clavis key
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After the Palisades fire upended the education of thousands of students in and around the coastal enclave, Santa Monica relaxed rules so that displaced schools could move there.

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The area that surrounded the historic water tower was a known bohemian enclave.

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Israeli forces’ destruction of virtually all structures and infrastructure in the enclave since Oct.

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Their bosses meanwhile lived in a separate gated enclave, says de la Paz, who showed the BBC one of the villas there.

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Kids will sort into socioeconomic, religious, racial, and other enclaves.

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