Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A country or part of a country lying wholly within the boundaries of another.
- noun A distinctly bounded area enclosed within a larger unit.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry:
- To inclose or surround, as a region or state, by the territories of another power.
- noun Something closed; specifically, a small outlying portion of a country which is entirely surrounded by the territories of another power. Enclaves are especially common among the states of the German empire.
- noun In heraldry, anything let into something else, especially when the thing let in is square.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Recent A tract of land or a territory inclosed within another territory of which it is independent. See
exclave . - transitive verb Recent To inclose within an alien territory.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
political ,cultural orsocial entity or part thereof that is completelysurrounded by another. - noun A group that is set off from a larger
population by itscharacteristic orbehavior . - verb transitive To
enclose within aforeign territory .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an enclosed territory that is culturally distinct from the foreign territory that surrounds it
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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But before you attach the label enclave of the rich and famous, longtime summer resident and Harvard professor Charles Ogletree says take a look around.
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The prices quoted at the top of the thread seem to indicate that the primary savings living in the Chapala expat enclave is to be realized mostly in tax burden reduction, (WA state is regressive in this aspect), and not having to pay much for a little heat, and not requiring AC.
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The prices quoted at the top of the thread seem to indicate that the primary savings living in the Chapala expat enclave is to be realized mostly in tax burden reduction, (WA state is regressive in this aspect), and not having to pay much for a little heat, and not requiring AC.
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The prices quoted at the top of the thread seem to indicate that the primary savings living in the Chapala expat enclave is to be realized mostly in tax burden reduction, (WA state is regressive in this aspect), and not having to pay much for a little heat, and not requiring AC.
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The prices quoted at the top of the thread seem to indicate that the primary savings living in the Chapala expat enclave is to be realized mostly in tax burden reduction, (WA state is regressive in this aspect), and not having to pay much for a little heat, and not requiring AC.
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The prices quoted at the top of the thread seem to indicate that the primary savings living in the Chapala expat enclave is to be realized mostly in tax burden reduction, (WA state is regressive in this aspect), and not having to pay much for a little heat, and not requiring AC.
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The prices quoted at the top of the thread seem to indicate that the primary savings living in the Chapala expat enclave is to be realized mostly in tax burden reduction, (WA state is regressive in this aspect), and not having to pay much for a little heat, and not requiring AC.
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The prices quoted at the top of the thread seem to indicate that the primary savings living in the Chapala expat enclave is to be realized mostly in tax burden reduction, (WA state is regressive in this aspect), and not having to pay much for a little heat, and not requiring AC.
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The prices quoted at the top of the thread seem to indicate that the primary savings living in the Chapala expat enclave is to be realized mostly in tax burden reduction, (WA state is regressive in this aspect), and not having to pay much for a little heat, and not requiring AC.
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The prices quoted at the top of the thread seem to indicate that the primary savings living in the Chapala expat enclave is to be realized mostly in tax burden reduction, (WA state is regressive in this aspect), and not having to pay much for a little heat, and not requiring AC.
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