exclave of Angola, on the W coast of Africa, separated from the rest of Angola by 12 sq mi (31 sq km) of Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2,807 sq mi (7,270 sq km)
See Cabinda in American Heritage Dictionary 4
A territory of Angola forming an exclave on the Atlantic Ocean between the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire). It was separated from Angola proper when the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) acquired a corridor to the sea along the lower Congo River.