enclave

The definition of an enclave is an enclosed territory surrounded by another country, or a group of people of a different culture or religion.

(noun)

Vatican City is an example of an enclave in Rome.
A small group of people who only speak French who live surrounded by people who only speak English is an example of an enclave.

See enclave in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a territory surrounded or nearly surrounded by the territory of another country: San Marino is an enclave within Italy
a minority culture group living as an entity within a larger group

Origin: Fr < OFr < enclaver, to enclose, lock in < VL *inclavare < L in, in + clavis, a key: see lot

See enclave in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

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

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Old French enclaver, to enclose

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *inclāvāre

Origin: : Latin in-, in; see en-¹

Origin: + Latin clāvis, key

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