exclave

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exclave

  • /ˈɛkskleɪv/

noun exclaves

  1. A portion of a country's territory not connected to the main part. Alaska and Kaliningrad are both examples of exclaves.
  2. rare A detached part of an organ, as of the pancreas, thyroid (accessory thyroids), or other gland.

verb exclaves · exclaving · exclaved

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

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noun a country's territory not connected to the main part

Españolexclave
中文外飛地 /外飞地
Portuguêsexclave
Françaisexclave
DeutschExklave
Русскийэкскла́в ekskláv

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@misc{exclave_2026,
  title = {exclave},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/exclave},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}