enclave

en·clave

noun \ˈen-ˌklāv, ˈän-ˌklāv\

Definition of ENCLAVE

: a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory <ethnic enclaves>

Origin of ENCLAVE

French, from Middle French, from enclaver to enclose, from Vulgar Latin *inclavare to lock up, from Latin in- + clavis key — more at clavicle

First Known Use: 1868

Other Government and Politics Terms

agent provocateur, agitprop, autarky, cabal, egalitarianism, federalism, hegemony, plenipotentiary, popular sovereignty, socialism

Rhymes with ENCLAVE

airwave, behave, brain wave, cold wave, concave, conclave, deprave, dissave, drawshave, engrave, enslave, exclave, ground wave, heat wave, margrave, new wave, octave, outbrave, Palgrave, palsgrave, shock wave, shortwave, sine wave, sky wave, sound wave, spokeshave, S wave, wage slave, white slave, Wind Cave