enclave

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A pene-enclave is almost an enclave in the same way that a peninsula* almost is an island.

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  1. noun A country or part of a country lying wholly within the boundaries of another.
  2. noun A distinctly bounded area enclosed within a larger unit: ethnic enclaves in a large city.

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  • But even if there were another enclave, and we knew where it was -- how would we even get to it? —  F ;SF; - vol 090 issue 04 - April 1996
  • The neighborhood enclave was a safe nest for them, where the fears of the outside world need not intrude. —  AnalogSFF,December2006
  • Many had attacked and criticized the 47 volunteers from across the world who had put together their own money and resources and risked their lives to reach the coastal enclave, accusing them of attempting a publicity stunt that was designed to paint Israel in a bad light (seemingly unaware of the fact that Israel does a very good job of that herself with the imprisonment of 1.5 million humans). —  KABOBfest
  • A pene-enclave is almost an enclave in the same way that a peninsula* almost is an island. —  Strange Maps
  • PODLESNY, Russia - The fields around this little farming enclave are among the most fertile on earth. —  Darwiniana
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  1. French, from Old French enclaver, to enclose, from Vulgar Latin *inclāvāre : Latin in-, in; see en-1 + Latin clāvis, key.

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  1. In modern use directly from modern F.; Middle English enclaven, from Old French enclaver, French enclaver, inclose, lock in, from Provencal enclavar = Italian inchiavare, lock, from Middle Latin inclavare, inclose, from Latin in + clavis, a key (or clavus, a nail, bolt?).
  2. D. G. enclave = Danish enklave = Swedish enklav (def. 1), from French enclave, from enclaver, inclose: see enclave, v.
 

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