First Known Use: 1868
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enclave
noun en·clave \ˈen-ˌklāv, ˈän-ˌklāv\
: an area with people who are different in some way from the people in the areas around it
Full Definition of ENCLAVE
: a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory <ethnic enclaves>
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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
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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
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enclave
noun en·clave \ˈen-ˌklāv; ˈän-ˌklāv, ˈäŋ-, -ˌkläv\
Medical Definition of ENCLAVE
: something enclosed in an organ or tissue but not a continuous part of it
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