enclave

CEFRC1

/ˈɛnkleɪv/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A place or group surrounded by a different place or group.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A group that is set off from a larger population by its characteristic or behavior.

Examples

  • Israel could have flooded the Gaza-Egypt tunnels without annihilating the Palestinian enclave.

  • Migrants continue to trickle into Spain’s north African enclave of Ceuta.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
4

Also pronounced

  • /ˈɛŋkleɪv/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An isolated portion of an application's address space, such that data in an enclave can only be accessed by code in the same enclave.

  2. A political, cultural or social entity or part thereof that is completely surrounded by another.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To enclose within a foreign territory.

More examples

In context

  • 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.

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Origin

noun

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.