Definitions
Territory or group enclosed within a different surrounding area.
Word origin
Borrowed from French enclave, from Middle French enclave (“enclave”), deverbal of enclaver (“to inclose”), from Old French enclaver (“to inclose, lock in”), from Vulgar Latin *inclāvāre (“to lock in”), from in + Latin clavis (“key”) or clavus (“nail, bolt”). Compare inlock.
Used in a sentence
“The Republic of San Marino is an enclave of Italy.”
“The streets around Union Square form a Protestant enclave within an otherwise Catholic neighbourhood.”
“When an enclave spans a system boundary in a sysplex, it is called a multisystem enclave.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Surrounded territory”7 letters
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