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A portion of a country's territory not connected to the main part.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Alaska and Kaliningrad are both examples of exclaves.
Meaning relationships
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A detached part of an organ, as of the pancreas, thyroid (accessory thyroids), or other gland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Topics: medicine, sciences
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To separate a region in a way that turns it into an exclave.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex-der. Middle French ex-bor. Middle English ex- English ex- English (en)clave English exclave From ex- + (en)clave.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
էքսկլավ
(ēkʻsklav)
— a country's territory not connected to the main part
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Chinese Mandarin:
外飛地 /外飞地
— a country's territory not connected to the main part
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Danish:
eksklave
— a country's territory not connected to the main part
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Dutch:
exklave
— a country's territory not connected to the main part
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Finnish:
eksklaavi
— a country's territory not connected to the main part
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French:
exclave
— a country's territory not connected to the main part
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Georgian:
ექსკლავი
(eksḳlavi)
— a country's territory not connected to the main part
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German:
Exklave
— a country's territory not connected to the main part
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Hawaiian:
lele
— a country's territory not connected to the main part
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Indonesian:
eksklave
— a country's territory not connected to the main part
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Macedonian:
екскла́ва
(ekskláva)
— a country's territory not connected to the main part
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Norwegian Bokmål:
eksklave
— a country's territory not connected to the main part
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
eksklave
— a country's territory not connected to the main part
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Polish:
eksklawa
— a country's territory not connected to the main part
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Portuguese:
exclave
— a country's territory not connected to the main part
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Russian:
экскла́в
(ekskláv)
— a country's territory not connected to the main part
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Spanish:
exclave
— a country's territory not connected to the main part
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Swedish:
exklav
— a country's territory not connected to the main part
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Thai:
ดินแดนส่วนแยก
(din-dɛɛn-sùuan-yɛ̂ɛk)
— a country's territory not connected to the main part
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Welsh:
allglofan
— a country's territory not connected to the main part
