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exclave
[ eks-kleyv ]
noun
- a portion of a country geographically separated from the main part by surrounding foreign territory:
West Berlin was an exclave of West Germany.
exclave
/ ˈɛkskleɪv /
noun
- a part of a country entirely surrounded by foreign territory: viewed from the position of the home country Compare enclave
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Word History and Origins
Origin of exclave1
C20: from ex- 1+ -clave, on the model of enclave
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In 2005-2006, Aliyev completed the erasure of over 28,000 medieval Armenian monuments in the exclave of Nakhichevan, which were supposed to be protected by UNESCO but that Aliyev now says never existed to begin with.
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