Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exclave

/ˈɛkskleɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.78 in modern English

Syllables: ex-clave
IPA: /ˈɛkskleɪv/

19

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A portion of a country's territory not connected to the main part.

noun

A detached part of an organ, as of the pancreas, thyroid (accessory thyroids), or other gland.

verb

To separate a region in a way that turns it into an exclave.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Alaska and Kaliningrad are both examples of exclaves."
"While there has never been a macronational bedroom nation, some exclaves have been barely larger."
"Spain’s Melilla, one of two small exclaves of EU land on the African continent, has long been the strongest distillation of fortress Europe."
"France, but the shape of a giraffe, with a number of its counties belonging to Wales, with an odd little exclave far up North in Norway? That's border gore."

Etymology

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.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

exclaves (plural) exclaves (present, singular) exclaving (participle, present) exclaved (participle, past) exclaved (past)

Frequently Paired Words

enclave pene-enclave pene-exclave

Questions

How do you pronounce exclave?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛkskleɪv/.
What does exclave mean?: A portion of a country's territory not connected to the main part.
Where does exclave come from?: 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.

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