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Definition of Exclave
1. n. A portion of a country which is separated from the main part and surrounded by politically alien territory.
Definition of Exclave
1. Noun. A portion of a country's territory not connected to the main part ¹
2. Noun. (medicine rare) A detached part of an organ, as of the pancreas, thyroid, or other gland. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Exclave
1. a portion of a country which is isolated in foreign territory [n -S]
Medical Definition of Exclave
1. An outlying, detached portion of a gland or other part, such as the thyroid or pancreas; an accessory gland. Origin: L. Ex, out, + -clave (in enclave) (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exclave
Literary usage of Exclave
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The considerable exclave of Königsberg in Bavaria, 10 miles south, belongs to
Coburg. Lying on the south slope of the Thuringian Forest, ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The considerable exclave of Königsberg in Bavaria, 10 miles south, belongs to
Coburg. Lying on the south slope of the Thuringian Forest and in the ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... have formed an exclave of the, Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau. Since 1905
Rinteln has been called the Prussian County of ..."
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