Exclave Definition

ĕksklāv
noun
A territory (of a nearby specified country) surrounded by foreign territory.
East Prussia was an exclave of Germany.
Webster's New World

(medicine, rare) A detached part of an organ, as of the pancreas, thyroid, or other gland.

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Other Word Forms of Exclave

Noun

Singular:
exclave
Plural:
exclaves

Origin of Exclave

  • ex– (en)clave

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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